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THE 


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A.      SELECTION      FROM      THE      REVELATIONS, 
TRANSLATIONS,    AND    NARRATIONS    OF 


JOSEPH   SMITH 


FIRST    PROPHET,    SEER    AND    REVELATOR    TO 

THE  CHURCH  OF  JESUS  CHRIST  OF 

LATTER-DAY    SAINTS. 


DIVIDED  INTO  CHAPTERS  AND  VERSES  WITH   REFERENCES,   IN    !9O2,  BY 

JAMES  E.  TALMAGE. 


Salt  Lake  City,  Utah. 
The  Deseret  News. 

1907. 


ENTERED  ACCORDING  TO  ACT  OF  CONGRESS, 

IN  THE  YEAR  1902, 

BY  JOSEPH  F.  SMITH, 

IN  THE  OFFICE  OF  THE  LIBRARIAN  OF 

CONGRESS,  AT  WASHINGTON, 


CONTENTS. 


THE    BOOK    OF    MOSES:— 

CHAPTER  I,    The    Visions   of   Moses    as 
revealed    to    Joseph   the 

Seer  in  1830 1 

CHAPTER  II 8 

CHAPTER  III 11 

CHAPTER  IV 15 

CHAPTER  V 19 

CHAPTER  VI 26 

CHAPTER  VII      36 

CHAPTER  VIII 46 

THE    BOOK    OF    ABRAHAM:— 

A  translation  of  some  ancient  Records, 
that  have  fallen  into  our  hands  from 
the  catacombs  of  Egypt;  the  writings 
of  Abraham  while  he  was  in  Egypt, 
called  the  Book  of  Abraham,  written 
by  his  own  hand,  upon  papyrus. 

CHAPTER  I      51 

CHAPTER  II 56 

CHAPTER  III 60 

CHAPTER  IV 67 

CHAPTER  V  71 


iv  CONTEXTS. 

PAGE. 

WRITINGS    OF    JOSEPH    SMITH:— 

I   AX  EXTRACT  FROM  A  TRANSLATION  OF 

THE  BIBLE,  being  the  24th  chapter  of 
Matthew,  commencing  with  the  last 
verse  of  the  23rd  chapter,  King 

James'  Translation 75 

II  EXTRACTS  FROM  THE  HISTORY  OF 
JOSEPH  SMITH,  containing  an  ac- 
count of  the  first  visions  and  revela- 
tions received  by  him ;  the  account  of 
his  obtaining  the  plates  of  gold,  which 
contain  the  Record  of  Mormon,  and 
its  translation;  also  the  account  of 
his  baptism  and  ordination  ....  81 
III  THE  ARTICLES  OF  FAITH  of  the 
Church  of  Jesus  Christ  of  Latter-day 
Saints  .  102 


ILLUSTRATIONS. 

F AC-SIMILES   FROM   THE   BOOK  OF   ABRAHAM  :— 

No.  1 50 

No.  2. 6^ 

No.  3.  74 


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THE  BOOK   OF  MOSES. 


CHAPTEE    I. 

VISIONS   OF   MOSES 

As  Revealed  to  Joseph,  the  Seer,  in  1830. 

1.  The  words  of  God,  which  he  spakea  unto  Moses 
at  a  time  when  Moses  was  caught  up  into  an  exceeding 
high  mountain,6 

2.  And  he  saw  Godc  face  to  face/  and  he  talked 
with  him/  and  the  glory  of  God  was  upon  Moses/ 
therefore  Moses  could  endure  his  presence.9' 

3.  And  God  spake  unto  Moses,71  saying :  Behold, 
I  am  the  Lord  God  Almighty/  and  Endless^"  is  my 


a.  verses  3,  31,37;  2:  1;  4:  1,32;  6:27,32,35;  7:  32,  41,  60;  8:  15. 
Abraham  1:  16;  2:  6,22;  3:  4-27;  compare  Exodus  31:  1;  33:  9,  etc.; 
Alma  12:  30.  b,  verse  42.  c,  verse  11;  7:  4;  see  also 

Exodus  24:  10;  33:  11;  Judges  13:  22;  Isaiah  6:  1-5;  Ether  3;  Writ- 
ings of  Joseph  Smith  2:  16-20;  Doc.  and  Cov.  76:  11-24;  110:  1-4;  com- 
pare Exodus  3:  6;  33:  20-23;  I  Nephi  11:  11;  Doc.  and  Cov.  67:  11. 
d,  verses  11,  31;  7:4;  Abraham  3:  11;  Exodus  33:  11;  compare  Genesis 
32:  30;  Numbers  12:  8;  Judges  6:  22;  Alma  38:  7;  Ether  12:  39;  Doc. 
and  Cov.  17:  1.  e,  Abraham  3:  11;  compare  Doc.  and  Cov.  17:  1. 

f,  verses  11,  18,  25,  31;  compare  verses  9,  14;  III  Nephi  19:  25;  Doc. 
and  Cov.  94:  8-9;  see  also  Moses  7:  3,  17;  Exodus  33:  18;  34:  29-35; 
Matthew  17:  2.  g,  verses  11,  31;  compare  verse  14.  h,  see 

verse  1.  i,  verse  25;    2:   1;    compare  Exodus  20:  2;    Leviticus 

26:  1,  13;  Deuteronomy  5:  6;  Psalms  81:  10;  Hosea  13:  4;  II  Nephi  28: 
15;  Helaman  10:  11;  III  Nephi  4:  32.  j,  7:  35;  compare  2:  1; 

Doc.  and  Cov.  19:  4,  10. 


2  PEARL    OF    Gift: AT    P1MCK. 

name;*  for  I.  am  without  beginning  of  days  or  end 
of  years;*  and  is  not  this  endless ? 

4.  And,    behold,    thou    art    my    son;    wherefore 
look,™  and  I  will  show  thee  the  workmanship  of  mine 
hands;11  but  not  all,  for  my  works  are  without  end,0 
and  also  my  words,  for  they  never  ceased 

5.  Wherefore,  no  man  can  behold  all  my  works, 
except  he  behold  all  my  glory ;  and  no  man  can  behold 
all  my  glory,  and  afterwards  remain  in  the  flesh  on 
the  earth.9 

6.  And    I    have    a    work    for    thee,    Moses,    my 
son;  and  thou  art  in  the  similitude  of  mine  Only 
Begotten  ;r  and  mine  Only  Begotten8  is  and  shall  be 
the  Savior,*  for  he  is  full  of  grace  and  truth  ;M  but 

'  there  is  no  God  beside  me,  and  all  things  are  present 
with  me,  for  I  know  them  all.r 

7.  And  now,  behold,  this  one  thing  I  show  unto 
thee,  Moses,  my  son;  for  thou  art  in  the  world,  and 
now  I  show  it  unto  thee. 

8.  And  it  came  to  pass  that  Moses  looked,  and 
beheld  the  world  upon  which  he  was  created  ;w  and 
Moses  beheld  the  world  and  the  ends  thereof,  and  all 
the   children   of   men   which   are,   and   which   were 


fc,  compare  7:  35;   Abraham  1:  16;   Doc.  and  Cov.  39:  1.  I,  2:  1; 

6:  67;  compare  Abraham  2:  8;  Isaiah  44:  6;  Revelation  21:  6;  Mosiah 
3:  5;  Alma  11:  39;  13:  7-9;  III  Nephi  9:  18;  Moroni  7:  22;  8:  18;  Doc. 
and  Cov.  29:  33;  39:  1;  61:  1;  76:  4;  88:  6-13;  93:  8-10.  m,  7:  4, 

6,  9,  44,  45;    compare  I  Nephi  11:  8,  12,  19,  etc.  n,  7:  32,  37; 

compare  II  Nephi  27:  34.  o.  verse  38;    compare  Doc.  and  Cov. 

29:  33.  p,  compare  II  Nephi  29.  q,  John  1:  18;    I  Timothy  6: 

16;  I  John  4:  12;  compare  Doc.  and  Cov.  84:  19;'  also  35:  21;  50:  45; 
67:  10-14;  76:  18;  84:  88;  93:  1;  97:  16;  107:  19;  110:  1;  136:  37. 
r,  verses  13,  16;  compare  2:  26,  27;  Jacob  4:  5;  Mosiah  7:  27;  Alma  18: 
34;  Ether  3:  6-16.  s,  verses  17,  21,  32,  33;  2:  26,  27;  3:  18;  4:  28; 

5:  7,  9,  57;  6:  52,  57;  7:  50,  59,  62;  compare  verse  19;  5:  13;  II  Nephi 
25:  12;  Alma  5:  48;  9:  26;  13:  9;  Doc.  and  Cov.  20:  21;  29:  42;  76: 
2'^,  25,  35;  93:  11.  t,  compare  5:  9;  6:  54;  7:  39;  see  also  I  Nephi 

10:  4;  13:  40;  21:  26;  22:  12;  II  Nephi  6:  18;  31:  13;  Mosiah  3:  20; 
III  Nephi  5:  20;  Mormon  3:  14;  7:  10;  8:  6;  Moroni  8:  29.  u,  verse 

32;  5:  7;  6:  52;  7:  11;  compare  II  Nephi  2:  6.  8;  Alma  5:  48;  9:  26; 
13:  9.  v,  verse  35;  I  Nephi  9:  6;  Words  of  Mormon  1:  7;  compare 

Alma  7:  13;   40:  5,  10;   Mormon  8:17.  iv,  verse  27;   compare  Abra- 

ham 3:  11-12. 


CHAP.    i.  |  I:OOK.   OK   MOSKS.  3 

created;*    of    the    same    he    greatly    marveled    and 
wondered. 

9.  And    the   presence    of    God*'    withdrew    from 
Moses,  that  his  glory   was   not  upon   Moses  f  and 
Moses  was  left  unto  himself.     And  as  he  was  left 
unto  himself,  he  fell  unto  the  earth.a 

10.  And   it   came   to   pass   that   it   was   for   the 
space  of  many  hours  before  Moses  did  again  receive 
hjs  natural  strength  like  unto   man;   and  he  said! 
unto  himself:  Kow,  for  this  cause  I  know  that  man 

>  is  nothing,6  which  thing  I  never  had  supposed. 

11.  But  now  mine  own  eyes  have  beheld  God;c 
but   not   my   natural/*   but\ny   spiritual    eyes,    for 
my    natural    eyes    could    not    have    beheld  ;e^or    I 
should   have   withered   and    died   in   his   presence/ 
but  his  glory  was  upon  me;*7  and  I  beheld  his  face,7* 
for  I  was  transfigured  before  him.* 

12.  And  it  came  to  pass  that  when  Moses  had 
said  these  words,  behold,  Satan^'  came  tempting72  him, 
saying :  Moses,  son  of  man/  worship  me.m 

13.  And    it    came    to    pass    that    Moses    looked 
upon  Satann  and  said :  Who  art  thou  ?     For  behold, 
I  am  a  son__of_Sod,  in  the  similitude  of  his  Only 
Begotten;0  and  where  is  thy  glory,  that  I  should 
worship  thee? 

14.  For   behold,    I    could    not    look    upon    God, 
except  his  glory  should  come  upon  me,p  and  I  were 


x,  verse  28;    compare  6:  36;    7:  21,  23.  y,  Abraham  2:  12.  z, 

compare  verse  2.  a,  compare  Acts  9:  4;    Jacob  7:  21;    Mosiah  4: 

1;   27:  12;   Alma  IS:  42;   22:  18;   27:  17.  6,  compare  Job  25:  6. 

c,  verse  2;    I  Nephi  11:  11.  d,  6:  36;    compare  Ether  12:  19;   Doc. 

and  Cov.  67:  10-13.  e,  compare  verse  14.  f,  compare  verse 

2.  g,  compare  verse  2.  h,  comoare  verse  2.  i,  compare 

verse  14.  j.  verse  19,  21;   4:1,4;   5:13,18,21,29.30,38;   Doc.  and 

Cov.  10:  29,  32,  33;  35:  24;  43:  31;  45:  55;  52:  14;  63:  28;  64:  17;  76: 
28-29;  101:  28;  compare  I  Chronicles  21:  1,  etc.;  II  Nephi  2:  17;  9:  8; 
24:  12;  Mosiah  16:  3.  k,  compare  5:  38;  Matthew  4:  1-11.  I,  com- 
pare 6:  57.  Ezekiel  2:  1,3,  6,  etc.,  also  Matthew  8:  20,  etc.;  Doc.  and 
Cov.  49;  6,  etc.  ra,  verse  19;  6:  49.  n,  compare  7:  26;  Alma  30: 
53;  Doc.  and  Cov.  76:  28.  o,  verse  6.  p,  verses  2,  11. 


1  1MUUL    OF    UK  HAT    PK1CK. 

strengthened  before  hini.^    But  I  can  look  upon  thee 
in  the  natural  man/    Is  it  not  so,  surely  ? 

15.  Blessed  be  the  name  of  my  God,  for  his 
Spirit5  hath  not  altogether  withdrawn  from  me,  or 
else  where  is  thy  glory,  for  it  is  darkness  unto  me? 
And  I  can  judge  between  thee  and  God;*  for  God 
said  unto  me :  Worship  God,  for  him  only  shalt  thou 
served 

HW>*  16.  Get  thee  hence/  Satan;  deceive  me  not;  for 
God  said  unto  me :  Thou  art  after  the  similitude  of 
mine  Only  Begotten."7 

17.  And  he  also  gave  me  commandments  when 
he  called  unto  me  out  of  the  burning  bush/  saying: 
Call  upon  God  in  the  name  of  mine  Only  Begotten/ 
and  worship  me. 

18.  And  again  Moses  said:  I  will  not  cease  to 
call  upon  God,   I  have  other  things  to  inquire   of 
him:  for  his  glory  has  been  upon  me/  wherefore  I 
can  judge  between  him  and  thee.a     Depart  hence,6 
Satan. 

19.  And  now,  when  Moses  had  said  these  words, 
Satan  cried  with  a  loud  voice,  and  rent  upon  the 
earth,    and    commanded,    saying:    I    am    the    Only 
Begotten/  worship  me.d 

20.  And  it  came  to  pass  that  Moses  began  to 
fear  exceedingly ;  and  as  he  began  to  fear,  he  saw  the 
bitterness  of  hell.     Nevertheless,  calling  upon  God, 
he  received  strength/  and  he  commanded,  saying: 
Depart  from  me/  Satan,  for  this  one  God  only  will  I 
worship/  which  is  the  God  of  glory. 


g,  verse  11.  r,  verse  11.  a,  6:  34;   8:  17.  t,  verse  18. 

u,  verses  17,  20;  compare  Exodus  20:  3;  Deuteronomy  5:  7;  6:  14;  10: 
20;  Joshua  24:  14;  II  Kings  17:  35;  Jeremiah  25:  6;  35:15;  Matthew  4: 
10;  Mosiah  12:  35;  Doc.  and  Cov.  20:  19,  29;  133:  39.  v,  verses  18, 

20,  21,  22;    see  also  Matthew  4:  10.  w,  verse  6;    compare  Romans 

8:  29.  x,  compare  Exodus  3:  2.  y,  verses  6,  21;    4:  1;    5:  8; 

6:  52.  z,  verse  2.  o,  verse  15.  b,  verse  16.  c,  compare 

5:  13.  d,  verse  12.  e,  see  Writings  of  Joseph  Smith  2:  16;   com- 

pare Alma  36:  18-20.  /,  verse  16.  g,  verse  15. 


(HAP.    l.'j  BOOK    OF    MOSKS.  5 

21.  And  now  Satan  began  to  tremble,,  and  the 
earth  shook;  and  Moses  received  strength,  and  called 
upon  God,  saying :  In  the  name  of  the  Only  Begotten/ 
depart  hence/  Satan. 

22.  And  it  came  to  pass  that  Satan  cried  with  a 
loud  voice,  with  wgej^njr,_and  wailing,  and  gnashing* 

of  teeth  ;J  and  he  departed  hence/  even  from  the    p 
presence  of  Moses,  that  he  beheld  him  not. 

23.  And  now  of  this  thing  Moses  bore  record;  but 
because  of  wickedness  it  is  not  had  among  the  chil- 
dren of  men.*  ^d^i ' 

24.  And  it  came  to  pass  that  when  Satan  had 
departed  from  the  presence  of  Moses,  that  Moses  lifted 
up  his  eyes  unto  heaven,  being  filled  with  the  Holy 

> Ghost,™  which  beareth  record  of  the  Father  and  the  JU-^ 
Son;"    >— 

25.  And  calling  upon  the  name  of  God,  he  beheld 
his  glory  again,  for  it  was  upon  him;0  and  he  heard 
a  voice/  saying:  Blessed  art  thou,  Moses,  for  I,  the 
Almighty/  have  chosenr  thee,  and  thou  shalt  be  made 
stronger  than  many  waters;  for  they  shall  obey  thy 
command  as  if  thou  wert  God.s 

>        26.  And  lo,  I  am  with  thee,  even  unto  the  end  of  % 
thy  days;   for   thou   shalt   deliver   my  people   from 
bondage/  even  Israel  my  chosen.^ 

27.  And  it  came  to  pass,  as  the  voicev  was  still 
speaking,  Moses  cast  his  eyes  and  beheld  the  earth, 
yea,  even  all  of  it/7  and  there  was  not  a  particle  of 

\£ 

h,  verse  17.          i,  verse  16.          j,  compare  Matthew  8:  12;    13:  42; 
24:  51;    Luke  13:  28;    Mosiah  16:  2;   Alma  40:  13.  k,  verse  16. 

/,  verse  41.  m.  5:  9,  14,  58;   6:  7,  26,  34,  52,  64,  66;   7:  11,  27;  8:  24: 

Alma  8:  30;  36:  24;  III  Nephi  12:  6;  19:  13;  26:  17;  30:  2;  Doc.  and 
Cov.  46:  13.  n,  5:  9;  6:  66;  7:  11.  27;  compare  I  Nephi  10:  10;  12: 

7;  Helaman  8:  14;   III  Nephi  11:  15,  32-36.  o,  verse  2.  p,  4: 

14;  5:4;  6:27,66;  7:2,25;  compare  7:  48,  56;  Acts  9:  4;  II  Nephi  31: 
15;  Helaman  5:  30;  III  Nephi  9:  1;  11:  3,  4,  6.  q,  verse  3.  r, 

compare  4:  2;  7:  39;  Abraham  3:  23;  Matthew  2,0:  16;  John  15:  16; 
22:  14;  Acts  9:  15;  Ephesians  1:  4;  I  Peter  2:  4;  I  Nephi  12:  7-8; 
.Mosiah  7:  26;  Alma  10:  7;  16:  15;  Helaman  9:  16;  III  Nephi  12:  1;  13: 
25;  15:  11;  18:  26,  36;  19:  4,  12,  20,  28;  26:  17;  28:  34,  36;  IV  Nephi 
1:14;  Moroni  2:1;  Doc.  and  Cov.  1:  4;  19:9;  105:36;  107:40.  s, 

compare  Exodus  4:  16;   7:  1.  t,  compare  Exodus  3:  7-12.  u, 

compare  verse  25;  I  Nephi  20:  12.  v,  see  verse  25.  w,  verse  8, 


1'KAUL    OF    (JUKAT    1MMCK. 


it  which  he  did  not  behold,  discerning  it  by  the 
Spirit  of  God/ 

28.  And  he  beheld  also  the  inhabitants  thereof." 
and  there  was  not  a  soul  which  he  beheld  not;  and     . 
he  discerned  them  by  the  Spirit  of  God  ;~  and  their 
numbers  were  great,  even  numberless  as  the  sand  upon 
the  sea  shore." 

29.  And  he  beheld  many  lands ;  and  each  land 
was  called  earth,  and  there  were  inhabitants  on  the 
face  thereof. 

30.  And  it  came  to  pass  that  Moses  called  upon 
God,&  saying:  Tell  me/'  I  pray  thce,  why  these  things 
are  so,  and  by  what  thou  madest  them. 

31.  And  behold,  the  glory  of  the  Lord  was  upon 
Moses/  so  that  Moses  stood  in  the  presence  of  God/' 
and  talked  with  him  face  to  face/     And  the  Lord 
God  said  unto  Moses  :ff  For  mine  own  purpose7'  have 
I  made  these  things.    Here  is  wisdom,  and  it  remain- 
eth  in  me. 

.')^.  And  by  the  word  of  my  power,*'  have  I  cre- 
ated them,  which  is  mine  Only  Begotten  Son/  who  - 
is  full  of  grace  and  truth.'1' 

33.  And  worlds  without  number  have  I  created ; 
and  I  also  created  them  for  mine  own  ^ur^oje;  and 
by  the   Son   I   created   them,   whiejKls   mine    Only 
Begotten.1 

34.  And  the  first  man  of  all  men"*  have  I  called 
Adam,1*  which  is  many,  v 

35.  But  only  an  account  of  this  earth,  and  the 
j  inhabitants  thereof,  give   I   unto  you.     For  behold. 

there  are  many  worlds  that  have  passed  away0  by  the 

x,  verse  28.  y,  verse  8.  z,  verse  27.  a,  compare  7:  30. 

6,  verse  36;  6:  31,  53,  64;  7:  20,  54;  Abraham  1:  15;  2:  6,  17.  c,  verse 
36.  d,  verse  2.  e,  verse  2.  /,  verse  2.  g,  verse  1. 

h,  compare  verse  33.  i,  2:  5;  compare  2:  10;  3:  7;  4:  3;  Jacob  4:  9; 
Mormon  9:  17;  Doc.  and  Cov.  29:  30.  j,  verse  33;  2:  1;  4:  3;  see  also 
verse  6;  compare  Mosiah  4:  2;  Doc.  and  Cov.  76:  13.  k,  verse  6, 

I,  see  verse  6.  ra,  3:  7;   Abraham  1:3.  n,  6:  9,  45;   Abraham  1: 

3;   I  Nephi  5:  11;   Genesis  2:  19.  o,  verse  38. 


CHAP.    I.]  J3OOK    OF    MOSKS.  7 

word  of  my  power.     And  there  are  many  that  now 
stand,  and  innumerable  are  they  unto  man;p  but  all 
things  are  numbered  unto  me,  for  they  are  mine  arid 
>  1  know  them/' 

;>G.  And  it  came  to  pass  that  Moses  spake  unto 
the  Lord,1'  saying:  Be  merciful  unto  thy  servant, 
()  God,  and  tell  me*  concerning  this  earth,  and  the 
inhabitants  thereof,  and  also  the  heavens,  and  then 
thy  servant  will  be  content. 

37.  And  the  Lord  God  spake  unto  Moses/  saying: 

The   heavens,   they   are   many,   and   they   cannot  beiyy^ 
numbered  unto  man ;  but  they  are  numbered  unto  me, 
for  they  are  mine." 

38.  And  as  one  earth  shall  pass  away,  and  the 
heavens  thereof, v  even  so  shall   another  come;  and 

*  there  is  no  end  to  my  works,  neither  to  my  words.^ 

^39.  For  behold,  this  is  my  work  and  iny  glory 
>    /-to  bring  to  pass  the  immortality  and  eternal  life 
(oj  man.3" 

40.  And  now,  Moses,  my  son,  I  will  speak  unto 
thee  concerning  this  earth  upon  which  thou  stand- 
est  ;•''  and  thou  shalt  write  the  things  which  I  shall 
speak.5  .  ^_ 

41.  And   in   a    day   when   the   children   of   mer 
shall  esteem  my  words  as  naught  and  take  many  oi  ^ 
them  from  the  book  which  thou  shalt  write,  behold 

I  will  raise  up  another  like  unto  thee;  and  they  shal 
be  had  again  among  the  children  of  men — among  as 
many  as  shall  believe.® 

42.  These  words  were  spoken  unto  Moses  in  the 
mount,6  the  name  of  which  shall  not  be  known  among 
the  children  of  men.    And  now  they  are  spoken  unto 
you.     Show  them  not  unto  any  except  them  that 
believe.0    Even  so.    Amen. 

p,  verse  37.         q,  verses  6,  37.        r,  verse  30.         a,  verse  30.  t, 

verse  1.         u,  verse  35.         v,  verse  35.         w,  verse  4;    compare  2:  1. 

x,  6:  59.         y,  2:   1.         z,  2:  1.         a,  compare  verse  23.         b,  verse  1, 
C,  compare  4:  32;    Writings  of  Joseph  Smith  2;  41. 


PEARL    OF   GREAT   PRICE. 


t*"' 

CHAPTEK    II« 

1.  And  it  came  to  pass   that   the   Lord  spake6 
unto  Moses,  saying:  Behold,  I  reveal  unto  you  con- 
cerning   this    Heaven,    and    this    Earth;    write    the 
words  which  I  speak.0    I  am  the  Beginning  and  the 

.      End/7  the  Almighty  God/1  by  mine  Only  Begotten 
"Tcreated  these   things/  yea^in   the   beginning   I 
{•  created  the  heaven,  and  the  earth  upon  which  thou 

standest.*7 

2.  And  the  earth  was  without  form,  and  void; 
and  I  caused  darkness  to  come  up  upon  the  face  of 
the  deep;  and  my  Spirit  moved  upon  the  face  of  the 
water ;  for  I  am  God. 

%  J        3.  And  I,  God,  said :  Let  there  be  light ;  and  there 
was  light. 

4.  And  I,  God,  saw  the  light ;  and  that  light  was 
,   good.h     And   I,    God,    divided   the  light   from   the 

darkness. 

5.  And  I,   God,  called  the  light  Day;  and  the 
"  darkness,  I  called  Night;  and  this  I  did  by  the  word 

of  my  power/  and  it  was  done  as  I  spake;  and  the 
evening  and  the  morning  were  the  first  day. 

6.  And  again,  I,  God,  said :  Let  there  be  a  firma- 
k   ment  in  the  midst  of  the  water,  and  it  was  so,  even 

as  I  spake ;  and  I  said :  Let  it  divide  the  waters  from 
the  waters ;  and  it  was  done ; 

7.  And  I,  God,  made  the  firmament  and  divided 
the  waters,  yea,  the  great  waters  under  the  firma- 


o,  compare  verse  by  verse  with  Abraham  chapter  4,  and  with  Genesis 
chapter  1.  6,  1:  1.  c,  1:  40.  d,  compare  1:3.  e,  1:  3.  /,  1: 
32.  0,  1:  40.  h,  verses  10,  12,  18,  21,  25,  31;  3:  2.  i,  1:  32, 


1  .*" 

CHAP.    II.]  BOOK   OF   MOSES,    t  9 

ment,  from  the  waters  which  were  above  the  firma- 
ment, and  it  was  so  even  as  I  spake. 

8.  And  I,  God,  called  the  firmament  Heaven ;  and 
the  evening  and  the  morning  were  the  second  day. 

9.  And  I,  God,  said:  Let  the  water  under  the 
heaven  be  gathered  together  unto  one  place,  and  it 
was  so;  and  I,  God,  said:  Let  there  be  dry  land; 
and  it  was  so. 

10.  And  I,  God,  called  the  dry  land  Earth;  and 
the  gathering  together  of  the  waters  called  I   the 
Sea;  and  I,  God,  saw  that  all  things  which  I  had 
made  were  good.; 

11.  And  I,  God,  said:  Let  the  earth  bring  forth 
grass,  the  herb  yielding  seed,  the  fruit  tree  yielding 
fruit,   after  his  kind,  and   the  tree  yielding  fruit, 
whose  seed  should  be  in  itself  upon  the  earth,  and 
it  was  so  even  as  I  spake. 

12.  And   the   earth   brought   forth   grass,    every 
herb  yielding  seed  after  his  kind,  and  the  tree  yielding 
fruit,  whose  seed  should  be  in  itself,  after  his  kind; 
and  I,  God,  saw  that  all  things  which  I  had  made 
were  good  ;fc 

13.  And  the  evening  and  the  morning  were  the 
_tlnrd_day. 

14.  And  I,  God,  said:  Let  there  be  lights  in  the 
firmament  of  the  heaven,  to  divide  the   day  from 
the  night,  and  let  them  be  for  signs,  and  for  seasons, 
and  for  days,  and  for  years ; 

15.  And  let  them  be  for  lights  in  the  firmament 
of  the  heaven  to  give  light  upon  the  earth;  and  it 
was  so. 

16.  And    I,    God,   made   two   great   lights:   the 
greater  light  to  rule  the  day,  and  the  lesser  light  to 
rule  the  night,  and  the  greater  light  was  the  sun, 
and  the  lesser  light  was  the  moon;  and  the  stars 
also  were  made  even  according  to  my  word.2 

j,  see  verse  4,        k,  see  verse  4.        I,  compare  1:  32. 


10  PEAKL  OF  CHEAT  PRICE. 

17.  And  I,  God,  set  them  in  the  firmament  of 
the  heaven  to  give  light  upon  the  earth ; 

18.  And  the  sun  to  rule  over  the  day,  and  the 
moon  to  rule  over  the  night,  and  to  divide  the  light 
from  the  darkness;  and  I,  God,  saw  that  all  things 
which  I  had  made  were  good  ;m 

19.  And  the  evening  and  the  morning  were  the 
fourth  day. 

20.  And  I,  God,  said :  Let  the  waters  bring  forth 
abundantly  the  moving  creature  that  hath  life,  and 
fowl  which   may  fly  above   the  earth  in  the   open 
firmament  of  heaven. 

21.  And  I,  God,  created  great  whales,  and  every 
living  creature  that  moveth,  which  the  waters  brought 
forth  abundantly,  after  their  kind,  and  every  winged 
fowl  after  his  kind;  and  I,  God,  saw  that  all  things 
which  I  had  created  were  good.*1 

22.  And  I,  God,  blessed  them,  saying:  Be  fruit- 
ful, and  multiply,  and  fill  the  waters  in  the  sea ;  and 
let  fowl  multiply  in  the  earth ; 

23.  And  the  evening  and  the  morning  were  the 
fifth  day. 

24.  And  I,  God,  said :  Let  the  earth  bring  forth 
the  living  creature  after  his  kind,  cattle,  and  creeping 
things,  and  beasts  of  the  earth  after  their  kind,  and 
it  was  so ; 

25.  And  I,   God,  made  the  beasts  of  the  earth 
after  their  kind,   and  cattle   after  their  kind,  and 
everything  which  creepeth  upon  the  earth  after  his 
kind;  and  I,  God,  saw  that  all  these  things  were 
good.0 

26.  And  I,  God,  said  unto  mine  Only  Begotten/ 
which  was  with  me  from  the  beginning :«  Let  us 
make  manr  in  our  image,  after  our  likeness;5  and  it 
was  so.    And  I,  God,  said :  Let  them  have  dominion* 
over  the  fishes  of  the  sea,  and  over  the  fowl  of  the 

m,  see  verse  4.  n,  see  verse  4.  o,  see  verse  4.          p,  see  1:  6. 

q,  4:  2;   5:  9,  57;    compare  III  Nephi  9:  15-  rt  verse  27;   3:7.         *, 

verse  27;   6:  9.         «,  5:  1. 


CHAP.    HI.]  BOOK    OF    MOSES.  11 

air,  and  over  the  cattle,  and  over  all  the  earth,  and 
over  every  creeping  thing  that  creepeth  upon  the 
earth. 

27.  And  I,  God,  created  man  in  mine  own  image, 
in  the  image  of  mine  Only  Begotten  created  I  him :" 
male  and  female  created  I  them. 

28.  And   I,    God,   blessed   them,   and   said   unto 
them:  Be  fruitful,  and  multiply,  and  replenish  the 
earth/'  and  subdue  it,  and  have  dominion  over  the 
fish  of  the  sea,  and  over  the  fowl  of  the  air,  and 
over  every  living  thing  that  moveth  upon  the  earth. 

29.  And  I,  God,  said  unto  man:  Behold,  I  have 
given  you  every  herb  bearing  seed,   which  is  upon 
the   face   of   all   the   earth,   and   every   tree    in   the 
which  shall  be  the  fruit  of  a  tree  yielding  seed ;  to 
you  it  shall  be  for  meat. 

30.  And  to  every  beast  of  the  earth,  and  to  every 
fowl  of  the  air,  and  to  every  thing  that   creepeth 
upon  the  earth,  wherein  I  grant  life,  there  shall  be 
given  every  clean  herb  for  meat;  and  it  was  so,  even 
as  I  spake. 

31.  And  I,  God,  saw  everything  that  I  had  made, 
and,  behold,  all  things  which  I  had  made  were  very 
good;"7  and  the  evening  and  the  morning  were  the 
sixth  day. 


CHAPTER    III.« 

I.6  Thus  the  heaven  and  the  earth  were  finished, 
and  all  the  host  of  them. 

2.  And  on  the  seventh  day  I,  God,  ended  my 
work,  and  all  things  which  I  had  made;  and  I 

ut  1:  6;  compare  Mosiah  7:  27;    Alma  18:  34;  22:  12;    Ether  3:  16. 
v,  5:  2.         w,  see  verse  4. 


a.  compare  verse  by  verse  with  Genesis,  chapter  2.         6,  compart 
verses  1-10  inclusive  with  Abraham  5:  1-10. 


12  PEARL    OF    (JUKAT    I1  KICK. 

rested  on  the  seventh  day  from  all  my  work,  and  all 
things  which  I  had  made  were  finished,  and  L  God, 
saw  that  they  were  good/' 

3.  And    I,    God,    blessed    the    seventh    day,    and 
sanctified  it;  because  that  in  it  I  had  rested  from  all 
my  work  which  I,  God,  had  created  and  made. 

4.  And  now,  behold,  I  say  unto  you,  that  these 
are  the  generations  of  the  heaven  and  of  the  earth, 
when  they  were  created,  in  the  day  that  1^  the  Lord 
God,  made  the  heaven^and  the  earth. 

5.  And  every  plant  of  the  field  before  it  was  in 
the  earth,  and  every  herb  of  the  field  before  it  grew. 
For  I,  the  Lord  God,  created  all  things,  of  which   I 
have  spoken,  spiritually/2  before  they  were  naturally 
upon  the  face  of  the  earth.     For  I,  the  Lord  God, 
had  not  caused  it  to  rain  upon  the  face  of  the  earth. 
And  I,  the  Lord  God,  had  created  all  the  children  of 
men ;  and  not  .yet  a  man  to  till  the  ground ;  for  in 
heaven  created  I  them;  and  there  was  not  yet  flesh 
upon   the   earth,   neither   in   the   water,   neither   in 
the  air; 

6.  But  I,  the  Lord  God,  spake,  and  there  went 
up  a  mist  from  the  earth,   and  watered  the  whole 
face  of  the  ground. 

7.  And  I,  the  Lord  God,  formed  man  from  the 
dust  of  the  ground/  and  breathed  into  his  nostrils 
the  breath  of  life/  and  man  became  a  living  soul/ 
the  first  flesh  upon  the  earth,  the  first  man71  also; 
nevertheless,    all    things    were    before    created;    but 
spiritually  were  they  created  and  made  according  to 
my  word.* 


c,  2:  4.  d,  verses  7.  9;  6:  51;  Abraham  3:  23;  compare  Doc.  and 

Cov.  29:  31-34.  c,  4:  25  29;   6:59;   compare  Mosiah  2:  25;   Mormon 

9:17.  f,  verse  19.  g.  verses  9,  19;   6:9.  h,  1:  34;   Abraham 

1:3;   compare  I  Nephi  5:  11.  i,  compare  1:  32. 


CHAP.    I  1 1.  |  BOOK    OF    MOSKS.  1;> 

<s.  And  1,  the  Lord  God,  planted  a  garden  east- 
ward in  Eden/'  and  there  I  put  the  man  whom  I  had 
formed. 

!).  And  out  of  the  ground  made  I,  the  Lord  God, 
to  grow  every  tree,  naturally,*  that  is  pleasant  to  the 
sight  of  man;  and  man  could  behold  it.  And  it 
became  also  a  living  soul.*  For  it  was  spiritual  in  the 
day  that  I  created  it;  for  it  remaineth  in  the  sphere 
in  which  I,  God,  created  it,  yea,  even  all  things 
which  I  prepared  for  the  use  of  man;  and  man  saw 
that  it  was  good  for  food.  And  I,  the  Lord  God, 
planted  the  tree  of  life™  also  in  the  midst  of  the 
garden,  and  also  the  tree  of  knowledge  of  good  and' 
evil." 

10.  And  I,  the  Lord  God,  caused  a  river  to  go 
out  of  Eden  to  water  the  garden;  and  from  thence 
it  was  parted,  and  became  into  four  heads. 

11.  And  I,  the  Lord  God,  called  the  name  of  the 
first   Pison,   and   it  compasseth   the   whole   land   of 
Havilah,    where    I,    the    Lord    God,    created    much 
gold; 

12.  And  the  gold  of  that  land  was  good,   and  j 
there  was  bdellium  and  the  onyx  stone. 

13.  And  the  name  of  the  second  river  was  called; 
Gihon ;  the  same  that  compasseth  the  whole  land  of  \ 
Ethiopia. 

14.  And  the  name  of  the  third  river  was  Hidde- 
kel;  that  which  goeth  toward  the  east  of  Assyria. 
And  the  fourth  river  was  the  Euphrates. 

15.°  And  I,  the  Lord  God,  took  the  man,  and  1 
put  him  into  the  Garden  of  Eden/  to  dress  it,  and  [ 
to  keep  it. 

16.  And  I,  the  Lord  God,  commanded  the  man. 


7,  verse  15;   4:  14,  29,  31;   5:  4,  41;   6:  53;   7:  32.  k,  verse  5. 

?,  verse  7.                ra,  4:  28,  31;    compare  Alma  42:  5.  n,  verse  17. 

o,   compare  verses  15-18  inclusive  with  Abraham  5:  11-14,  and  with 
Genesis  2:  15-18.             p,  see  verse  8. 


14  PEARL    OF    (JttlvVT    1'UICK. 

saying:  Of  every  tree  of  the  garden  tlum  mavesi 
freely  eat, 

17.  But  of  the  tree  of  the  knowledge  of  good  and 
thou  shalt  not  eat  of  it;r  nevertheless,  thou 

niayest  choose  for  thyself/9  for  it  is  given  unto  thee ; 
but,  remember  that  I  forbid  it,  for  in  the  day  thou 
eatest  thereof  thou  shalt  surely  die.* 

18.  And  I,  the  Lord  God,  said  unto  mine  Only 
Begotten,"  that  it  was  not  good  that  the  man  should 
be  alone;  wherefore,  I  will  make  an  helpmeet  for 
him.* 

19. w  And  out  of  the  ground  I,  the  Lord  God, 
formed  every  beast  of  the  field,  and  every  fowl  of  the 
air;  and  commanded  that  they  should  come  unto 
Adam,  to  see  what  he  would  call  them;  and  they 
were  also  living  souls  f  for  I,  God,  breathed  into 
them  the  breath  of  life,  and  commanded  that  what- 
soever Adam  called  every  living  creature,  that  should 
be  the  name  thereof. 

20.  And  Adam  gave  names  to  all  cattle,  and  to 
the  fowl  of  the  air,  and  to  every  beast  of  the  field ; 
but  as  for  Adam,  there  was  not  found  an  helpmeet 
for  him. 

21  v  And  I,  the  Lord  God,  caused  a  deep  sleep 
to  fall  upon  Adam;  and  he  slept,  and  I  took  one  of 
his  ribs  and  closed  up  the  flesh  in  the  stead  thereof; 

22.  And  the  rib   which   I,  the  Lord   God,   had 
taken  from  man,  made  I  a  woman,  and  brought  her 
unto  the  man. 

23.  And  Adam  said :  This  I  know  now  is  bone  of 
my  bones,  and  flesh  of  my  flesh;  she  shall  be  called 
Woman,  because  she  was  taken  out  of  man. 

q,  verse  9.  r,  4:  9.  s,  compare  4:  3;  6:  33,  56;  7:  32;  compare 
Doc.  and  Cov.  29:  35;  II  Nephi  2:  27;  10:  23;  Alma  13:  3;  30:  8;  Hela- 
man!4:31.  $,4:9,17;  Abraham  5:  13.  u,  see  1:6.  Averse  20; 
Abraham  5:  14.  w,  compare  verses  19  and  20  with  Abraham  5: 

20,  21;    and  with  Genesis  2:  19,  20.  x,  see  verse  7.  y,  compare 

verses  21-25  inclusive  with  Abraham  5:  15-19;  and  with  Genesis  2: 
21-25. 


CHAP.    IV.]  BOOK    OF    MOSES.  15 

24:.  Therefore  shall  a  man  leave  his  father  and 
his  mother,  and  shall  cleave  unto  his  wife;  and  they 
shall  be  one  flesh. 

26.  And  they  were  both  naked,  the  man  and  his 
wife,  and  were  not  ashamed/ 


CHAPTER    IV. 

1.  And   I,   the   Lord   God,   spakea   unto   Moses, 
saying :  That  Satan/  whom  thou  hast  commanded  in 
the  name  of  mine  Only  Begotten/  is  the  same  which 
was  from  the  beginning/  and  he  came  before  me, 
saying — Behold,  here  am  I,  send  me,  I  will  be  thy 
son,  and  I  will  redeem  all  mankind,  that  one  soul 
shall  not  be  lost,  and  surely  I  will  do  it;  wherefore 
give  me  thine  honor.6 

2.  But,  behold,  my  Beloved  Son/  which  was  my 
Beloved  and  Chosen5'  from  the  beginning,71  said  unto! 
me — Father,  thy  will  be  done,  and  the  glory  be  thine, 
forever.* 

3.  Wherefore,  because  that  Satan  rebelled  against 
me/'   and   sought   to    destroy   the   agency   of   man/ 
which  I,  the  Lord  God,  had  given  him,  and  also, 
that  I  should  give  unto  him  mine  own  power ;  by  the 
power  of   mine    Only   Begotten/   I   caused   that   he 
should  be  cast  down;m 

4.  And  he  became  Satan/1  yea,  even  the  devil, 
the  father  of  all  lies,0  to  deceive  and  to  blind  men, 

z,  4:  13,  16,  17,  27. 


a,  1:  1.  b,  1:  12.  c,  1:  17;   see  also  1:  6;   compare  Doc. 

and  Cov.  29:  36;   76:  25,  26.  d,  2:  26;   compare  5:  24.  e,  compare 

Abraham  3:  27,  28;  Doc.  and  Oov.  29:  36-39;  76:  25.  f,  Writings  of 
Joseph  Smith,  2:  17;  compare  Matthew  3:  17;  Mark  1:  11;  Luke  9:  35; 
III  Nephi  11:  7.  g,  1:  25 r  7:  tt —  h,  2:  26.  t,  compare 

Abraham  3:  27.  /,  Abraham  3:  28.  k,  see  3:  17.  Z,  1:  32;  see 
also  1:6.  m,  Doc.  and  Cov.  29:  36,  37;  76:  25-27.  n,  1:  12. 

o,  compare  5:  24;   II  Nephi  2:  18;   Doc.  and  Cov.  10:  25;   93:  25. 


16  PEARL    OF    G1IEAT    PIUCE. 

and  to  lead  them  captive  at  his  will,  even  as  many  as 
would  not  hearken  unto  my  voice.p 

5.4  And  now  the  serpent''  was  more  subtle  than 
any  beast  of  the  field  which  I,  the  Lord  God,  had 

made.  (jirt^txC 

6.  And  Satan  put  it  into  the  heart  of  the  ser- 
pent, (for  he  had  drawn  away  many  after  him,6')  and 
he  sought  also  to  beguile  Eve7~5or  he  knew  not  the 
mind  of   God,  wherefore  he  sought  to  destroy   the 
world. 

7.  And  he  said  unto  the  woman:  Yea,  hath  God 
said — Ye  shall  not  eat  of  every  tree  of  the  garden? 
(And  he  spake  by  the  mouth  of  the  serpent.) 

8.  And  the  woman  said  unto  the  serpent:   AVe 
may  eat  of  the  fruit  of  the  trees  of  the  garden ; 

9.  But  of  the  fruit  of  the  tree  which  thou  behold- 
est  in  the  midst  of  the  garden,  God  hath  said — 
Ye  shall  not  eat  of  it,  neither  shall  ye  touch  it,  lest 
ye  die.* 

10.  And  the  serpent  said  unto  the  woman:  Ye 
shall  not  surely  die; 

11.  For  God  doth  know  that  in  the  day  ye  eat 
thereof,  then  your  eyes  shall  be  opened,1*  and  ye  shall 
be  as  Gods,  knowing  good  and  evil.^ 

12.  And  when  the  woman  saw  that  the  tree  was 
good  for  food,  and  that  it  became  pleasant  to  the 
eyes,  and  a  tree  to  be  desired  to  make  her  wise,  she 
took  of  the  fruit  thereof,  and  did  eat,  and  also  gave 
unto  her  husband  with  her,  and  he  did  eat. 

13.  And  the  eyes   of  them  both  were  opened,1^ 
and  they  knew  that  they  had  been  naked.137     And 
they  sewed  fig  leaves  together  and  made  themselves 
aprons. 

14.  And  they  heard  the  voice1'  of  the  Lord  God, 

p,  5:  16,  57;   8:  15,  24.  q,  compare  verses  5-31  inclusive  with 

Genesis  chapter  3.  r,  verses  19,  20;    II  Nephi  2:  18;    Mosiah  16:  3. 

s,  Doc.  and  Cov.  29:  36,  37.  t,  3:  16,  17.  u,  verse  13;   5:  10. 

vt  verse  28;   5:11;   6:56;   Alma  12:  31;   42:3.         w,  verse  II.         r,  3: 
25.         y,  1:  25. 


CII..V1'.    IV.  I  BOOK    OF    MOSES. 


W*:  17 


as  they  were  walking  in  the  garden/  in  the  cool  of 
the  day;  and  Adam  and  his  wife  went  to  hide  them- 
selves from  the  presence  of  the  Lord  God  amongst 
the  trees  of  the  garden. 

15.  And  I,  the  Lord  God,  called  unto  Adam,  and 
said  unto  him:  Where  goest  thou? 

16.  And  he  said :  I  heard  thy  voice  in  the  garden, 
and  I  was  afraid,  because  I  beheld  that  I  was  naked," 
and  I  hid  myself. 

17.  And  I,  the  Lord  God,  said  unto  Adam:  Who 
told  thee  thou  wast  naked?6    Hast  thou  eaten  of  the 
tree  whereof  I  commanded  thee  that  thou  should  si 
not  eat,  if  so  thou  shouldst  surely  die  ?c 

18.  And  the  man  said :  The  woman  thou  gavest 
me,  and  commandedst  that  she  should  remain  with 
me,  she  gave  me  of  the  fruit  of  the  tree  and  I  did 
eat.d 

19.  And  I,  the  Lord  God,  said  unto  the  woman : 
What  is  this  thing  which  thou  hast  done?     And  the 
woman    said:    The    serpent    beguiled    me,6    and    I 
did   eat. 

20.  And  I,  the  Lord  God,  said  unto  the  serpent : 
Because  thou  hast   done  this  thou  shalt  be  cursed 
above  all  cattle,  and  above  every  beast  of  the  field; 
upon  thy  belly  shalt  thou  go,  and  dust  shalt  thou 
cat  all  the  days  of  thy  life; 

"21.  And  I  will  put  enmity  between  thee  and  the 
woman,  between  thy  seed  and  her  seed;  and  he  shall   .  T 
bruise  thy  head,  and  thou  shalt  bruise  his  heel/ 

22.  Unto  the  woman,  I,  the  Lord  God,  said:  I 
will  greatly  multiply  thy  sorrow  and  thy  conception. 
In  sorrow  thou  shalt  bring  forth  children,  and  thy 
desire  shall  be  to  thy  husband,  and  he  shall  rule 
over  thee. 


z,  3:  8.         a,  3:  25.  6,  3:  25.  c,  3:  17.  d,  verse  12.          e, 

verses  6-11.  f,  compare  Doc.  and  Cov.  29:  36-38. 


18  LM-LUIL    OF    GREAT 

23.  And   unto   Adam,    1,    the   Lord    God,   said: 
Because  thou  hast  hearkened  unto  the  voice  of  thv 
wife,  and  hast  eaten  of  the  fruit  of  the  tree  of  which 
I  commanded  thee,  saying — Thou  shalt  not  eat  of 
it/ — cursed  shall  be  the  ground  for  thy  sake;7'  in 
sorrow  shalt  thou  eat  of  it  all  the  days  of  thy  life. 

24.  Thorns  also,  and  thistles  shall  it  bring  forth 
to  thee,  and  thou  shalt  eat  the  herb  of  the  field. 

25.  By  the  sweat  of  thy  face  shalt  thou  eat  bread,' 
until  thou  shalt  return  unto  the  ground — for  thou 
shalt  surely   die — for  out  of  it  wast  thou  taken;-' 
for    dust    thou    wast,fc    and    unto    dust    shalt    thou 
return. 

£     26.  And  Adam  called  his  wife's  name  Eve,  be- 
.) v  Vcause  she  was  the  mother  of  all  living ;  for  thus  have1 
ys?     I,  the  Lord  God,  called  the  first  of  all  women,  which 
are  many. 

27.  Unto  Adam,  and  also  unto  his  wife,  did  I, 
the  Lord   God,   make   coats   of   skins,   and   clothed 
them.1 

28.  And  I,  the  Lord  God,  said  unto  mine  Only 
Begotten  :m  Behold,  the  man  is  become  as  one  of  us 
to  know  good  and  evil  ;n  and  now  lest  he  put  forth 
his  hand  and  partake  also  of  the  tree  of  life,0  and  eat 
and  live  forever, 

29.  Therefore  I,   the  Lord  God,  will  send  him 
forth**  from  the  Garden  of  Eden,<?  to  till  the  ground'' 
from  whence  he  was  taken  ;* 

30.  For  as  I,  the  Lord  God,  liveth,  even  so  my 
words  cannot  return  void,  for  as  they  go  forth  out 

;  of  my  mouth  they  must  be  fulfilled.* 

31.  So  I  drove  out  the  man,"  and  I  placed  at 
the  east  of  the  Garden  of  Eden,v  cherubim  and  a 


% 


ff,  3:  17.          h,  compare  5:  37.          t,  5:  1.          j    3:  7.  k.  3:  7. 

Z,  3:  25.           m,  see  1:6.         n,  verse  11.           o,  verse  31;  3:  9;  compare 

Alma  42:  5.           p,  verse  31;   5:  1.           q<  3:  8.           r,  5:  1.  a,  3:  7. 

t,  5:15.        u,  verse  29;  compare  II  Nephi  2;  19;  Alma  42:  2,  r,  3:  8. 


CHAP.    V.  |  BOOK    OF    MOSES.  19 

Haining  sword/'  which  turned  every  way  to  keep  the 
way  of  the  tree  of  life.*' 

32.  (And  these  are  the  words  which  I  spake  unto 
my  servant  Moses/  and  they  are  true  even  as  I  will ; 
and  I  have  spoken  them  unto  you;  see  thou  show 
them  unto  no  man,  until  I  command  you,  except  to 
them  that  believe.0)  Amen.a 


CHAPTEE   V. 

1.  And  it  came  to  pass  that  after  I,  the  Lord 
God,  had  driven  them  out/  that  Adam  began  to  till 
the  earth/  and  to  have  dominion0  over  all  the  beasts 
of  the  field,  and  to  eat  his  bread  by  the  sweat  of  his 
brow/  as  I  the  Lord  had  commanded  him.     And 
Eve,  also,  his  wife,  did  labor  with  him. 

2.  And  Adam  knew  his  wife,  and  she  bare  unto 
him  sons  and  daughters,  and  they  began  to  multiply 
and  to  replenish  the  earth.6 

3.  And  from  that  time  forth,  the  sons  and  daugh- 
ters of  Adam  began  to  divide  two  and  two  in  the 
land,  and  to  till  the  land,  and  to  tend  flocks,  and  they 
also  begat  sons  and  daughters. 

4.  And  Adam  and  Eve,  his  wife,  called  upon  the 
name  of  the  Lord,  and  they  heard  the  voice'  of  the 
Lord  from  the  way  toward  the  Garden  of  Eden/ 
speaking  unto  them,  and  they  saw  him  not;  for  they 

*  Mvere  shut  out  from  his  presence.71 

5.  And  he  gave  unto  them  commandments/  that 
they  should  worship  the  Lord  their  God,  and  should 


V,  1: 


;,  compare  Alma  12:  21;   42:  2.  x,  3:  9;    compare  Alma  42:  2. 

lo         2,  see  1:  42.         a,  compare  verses  5-31  inclusive  with  Genesis 

,t.ftr  2 


,  1:  I* 
hapter  3. 


a,  4:  29.  b,  4:  298  c,  2:  26.  d,  4:  25.  e,  2:  28. 

/,  1:  25.  fir,  3:  8.  h,  4:  29.  t,  verse  6;   6:  28. 


- 


••f~4> 


20  L",;ARL  OF  GUEAT 

offer  the  firstlings  of  their  flocks/  for  an  offering 
unto  the  Lord.  And  Adam  was  obedient  unto  the 
commandments  of  the  Lord. 

6.  And  after  many  days  an  angeP  of  the  Lord 
appeared  unto  Adam,  saying:  Why  dost  thou  offer 
sacrifices  unto  the  Lord?    And  Adam  said  unto  him: 
I  know  not,  save  the  Lord  commanded  me/ 

7.  And  then  the  angel  spake,  saying:  This  thing- 
is  a  similitude  of  the  sacrifice  of  the  Onh'  Begot- 
ten771  of    the   Father,   which   is   full   of   grace   and 
truth.n 

8.  Wherefore,  thou  shalt  do  all  that  thou  doest 
in  the  name  of  the  Son,0  and  thou  shalt  repent'*  and 
call  upon  God  in  the  name  of  the  Son  for  evermore. 

9.  And  in  that  day  the  Holy  (I host''   fell  upon 
Adam,  which  beareth  record  of  the  Father  and  the 
Son,7"  saying :  I  am  the  Only  Begotten*  of  the  Father 
from  the  beginning,*  henceforth  and  for  ever,  that 
as  thou  hast  fallen  thou  mayest  be  redeemed/  and 
all  mankind,  even  as  many  as  will.0 

10.  And  in  that  day  Adam  blessed  God  and  was 
filled,   and  began  to  prophesy"7  concerning   all  the 
families  of  the  earth,  saying :  Blessed  be  the  name  of 
God,   for  because  of  my  transgression  my  eyes  are 
opened/  and  in  this  life  I  shall  have  joy,  and  again 
in  the  flesh  I  shall  see  God. 

11.  And  Eve,  his  wife,   heard  all  these  things 
and  was  glad,  saying :  Were  it  not  for  our  transgres- 
sion  we   never   should  have   had   seed/   and   never 
shouhTliave  known  good  and  evil,-  and  the  joy  of 
our   redemption/   and   the   eternal   life   which    God 
iriveth  unto  all  the  obedient. 


j,  verse  20.  k,  verse  58;  see  also  7:  25,  27.  I,  verse  5.  vn,  rrm- 
parel:6.  n,  see  1:6.  o,  1:  17.  p,  verse  14;  6:  1,  23,  27,  50,  57; 
7:  10,  12;  8:  20,  24;  compare  5:  25;  6:  29;  8:  17;  Doc.  and  Cov.  3:  20. 
q,  see  1:  24.  r.  see  1:  24.  8,1:  6.  t,  2:  26.  v.  v. 

?\  see  3:  17;  4:3.         w,  6:  13,  23,  27;   7:  2;  8:  16.         r.  4:11.         y.  com- 
pare II  NVphi  2:  22-25.         z,  4:  11.         o,  verse  9. 


CHAP.    V.]  BOOK    OF    MOSES. 

12.  And   Adam   and    Eve   blessed  the   name   of 
God,   and  they   made  all  things  known   unto   their 
sons  and  their  daughters. 

13.  And  Satan**  came  among  them,  saying:  I  am 
also  a  son  of  God;6'  and  he  commanded  them,  saying : 
Ik'lieve  it  not;  and  they  believed  it  not,  and  they    L^+^ 
loved    Satan    more    than    God.^      And    men    began 

.from    that    time    forth  *  to  be    carnal,    sensual,    and 
;  ^  devilish.6 

14.  And  the  Lord  God  called  upon  men  by  the 
Holy  Ghost^  everywhere  and  commanded  them  that 

.  they  should  repent  f 

15.  And  as  many  as  believed  in  the   Son,   and 
repented  of  their  sins,  should  be  saved  /l  and  as  many 
as  believed  not  and  repented  not,  should  be  damned/ 
and  the  words  went  forth  out  of  the  mouth  of  God 
in  a  firm  decree ;  wherefore  they  must  be  fulfilled.7 

16. k  And  Adam  and  Eve,  his  wife/  ceased  not  to 
call  upon  God.  And  Adam  knew  Eve  his  wife,  and 
she  conceived  and  bare  Cain,  and  said:  I  have  got- 
ten a  man  from  the  Lord;  wherefore  he  may  not 
reject  his  words.  But  behold,  Cain  hearkened  not/" 
'1  saying:  Who  is  the  Lord,  that  I  should  know  him? 

17.  And  she  again  conceived  and  bare  his  brother 
Abel.     And  Abel  hearkened  unto  the  voice  of  the. 
Lord.™     And  Abel  was  a  keeper  of  sheep,  but  Cain 
was  a  tiller  of  the  ground. 

18.  And  Cain  loved  Satan  more  than  God.0    And 
Satan  commanded  him,   saying :   Make  an  offering 
unto  the  Lord.p 

19.  And  in  process  of  time  it  came  to  pass  that 
Cain  brought  of  the  fruit  of  the  ground  an  offering 
unto  the  Lord. 

b,  1:  12;  see  also  6:  49.        c,  1:  19.         d,  verses  18,  28;  compare  6:  15. 
e,  6:  49;    compare  Mosiah  16:  3;    Alma  42:  10;    Doc.  and  Cov.  20:  20. 


f,  see  1:  24.  ff,  verse  8.  h,  verse  9.  i,  compare  Mark  16:  16; 
Doc.  and  Cov.  42:  60;  68:  9;  84:  74;  112:  29.  j,  4:  30.  k,  com- 
pare verses  16-23  inclusive  with  Genesis  4:  1-7  inclusive.  I,  verse 

3;    compare  verse  23. 

5fc3 


_  -se 

4.         TO,  see  4:  4.    '     n~Q:  1;   8:13;'  compare  verse  23.         o,  verse  13. 
p,  compare  verse  5. 


x 


'22  PEARL    OF    GREAT    PRICE. 

20.  And  Abel,  he  also  brought  of  the  firstlings  of 
his  flock,^  and  of  the  fat  thereof.     And  the  Lord 
had  respect  unto  Abel,  and  to  his  offering  ;r 

21.  But  unto  Cain,  and  to  his  offering,  he  had 
not  respect.     IS!~ow  Satan  knew  this,  and  it  pleased 
him.*     And  Cain  was  very  wroth,  and  his  counte- 
nance fell. 

22.  And  the  Lord  .said  unto  Cain:  Why  art  thou 
wroth?    Why  is  thy  countenance  fallen? 

23.  If  thou  doest  well,  thou  shalt  be  accepted. 
And  if  thou  doest  not  well,  sin  lieth  at  the  door. 
and  Satan  desireth  to  have  thee;  and  except  thou 
shalt  hearken  unto  my  commandments,  I  will  deliver 
thee  up,  and  it  shall  be  unto  thee  according  to  his 
desire.    And  thou  shalt  rule  over  him; 

24.  For  from  this  time  forth  thou  shall  be  the 
father  of  his  lies;*  thou  shalt  be  called  Perdition;" 
for  thou  wast  also  before  the  worlds 

25.  And  it  shall  be  said  in  time  to  come — That 
these   abominations   were   had    from    Cain;    for  he 
rejected  the  greater   counsel   which   was   had   from 
God;  and  this  is  a  cursing^  which  1  will  put  upon 
thee,  except  thou  repent.* 

26.  And  Cain  was  wroth/  and  listened  not  any 
more  to  the  voice  of  the  Lord,  neither  to  Abel,  his 
brother,  who  walked  in  holiness  before  the  Lord." 

27.  And  Adam  and  his  wife  mourned  before  the 
Lord,  because  of  Cain  and  his  brethren. 

28.  And  it  came  to  pass  that  Cain  took  one  of 
his  brothers'  daughters  to  wife,  and  they  loved  Satan 
more  than  God.a 

29.  And  Satan  said  unto  Cain:  Swear  unto  me6 
by  thy  throat,  and  if  thou  tell  it  thou  shalt  die ;  and 

q,  verse  5;  compare  Doc.  and  Cov.  84r  16.        r,  6:  3.         s,  compare 
7:  26.  *,  4:  4.  u,  compare  John  17:  12;    II  Thessalonians  2:  3; 

Doc.  and  Cov.  76:  26;   see  also  Doc.  and  Cov.  76:  32,  33,  34,  38,  43,  44; 
III  Nephi27:  32;  29:  7.  v,  compare  4:  1.  w,  verse  36.  x, 

compare  verse  8.  y,  compare  verse  21.  z,  verse  17.  a,  v«ree 

13.  b,  verses  49,  52;  compare  6:  29;  Helaman  6:  27;  Ether  8:  9,  15, 


(HAP.    V.  j  HOOK    OF    MOSKS.  '!:\ 

s\\x»ar  thy  brethren  by  their  heads,  and  by  the  living- 
Clod,  that  they  tell  it  not;  for  if  they  tell  it,  they 
shall  surely  die ;  and  this  that  thy  father  may  not 
know  it;  and  this  day  I  will  deliver  thy  brother  Abel 
into  thine  hands.c 

30.  And  Satan  sware  unto  Cain  that  he  would  do 
according  to  his  commands.     And  all  these  things 
were  done  in  secret.^ 

31.  And  Cain  said:  Truly  I  am  Mahan,  the  mas- 
ter of  this  great  secret,  that  I  may  murder6  and  gvt 
gain.     Wherefore  Cain  was  called  Master  Mahan/ 
and  he  gloried  in  his  wickedness. 

32.  And  Cain  went  into  the  field,  and  Cain  talked 
with  Abel,  his  brother.     And  it  came  to  pass  that 
\vhile  they  were  in  the  field,  Cain  rose  up  against 
Abel,  his  brother,  and  slew  him.5' 

33.  And  Cain  gloried  in  that  which  he  had  done, 
saying:  I  am  free;  surely  the  flocks  of  my  brother 
falleth  into  my  hands. 

34.^  And  the  Lord  said  unto  Cain:  Where  is 
Abel,  thy  brother  ?  And  he  said :  I  know  not.  Am  T 
my  brother's  keeper? 

35.  And  the  Lord  said:  What  hast  thou  done? 
The  voice  of  thy  brother's  blood  cries  unto  me  from 
the  ground. 

36.  And  now  thou  shalt  be  cursed*  from  the  earth 
which  hath  opened  her  mouth  to  receive  thy  brother's 
blood  from  thy  hand. 

37.  When   thou   tillest   the   ground   it   shall   not 
henceforth  yield  unto  thee  her  strength.-*    A  fugitive  \  * 
and  a  vagabond  shalt  thou  be  in  the  earth.fc 

38.  And    Cain    said    unto     the     Lord:*     Satan 
tempted  mem  because  of  my  brother's  flocks.     And 

c-,  verse  32.  d,  verses  49,  51;  6:  15;  compare  Helaman  6:  27;  Ether 
8:  15.  e.  Ether  8:  15.  /,  verse  49.  (j,  compare  Genesis  4:  8;  Doc. 
and  Cov.  84:  16.  h,  compare  verses  34-48  inclusive,  with  Genesis  4: 
9-24  inclusive,  verse  by  verse.  i,  verse  25.  j,  compare  4:  23. 

/;,  verse  39.         L  compare  1:  30.         m,  compare  verse  29;   see  also  1:12. 


'24 

I  was  wroth  also;  for  his  offering  thou  didst  accept, 
and  not  mine;n  my  punishment  is  greater  than  1 
can  bear. 

39.  Behold   thou   hast   driven   me   out   this   day 
from  the  face  of  the  Lord,  and  from  thy  face  shall 
I  be  hid ;°  and  I  shall  be  a  fugitive  and  a  vagabond 
in  the  earth;  and  it  shall  come  to  pass,  that  he  that 
findeth  me  will  slay  me,  because  of  mine  iniquities, 
for  these  things  are  not  hid  from  the  Lord. 

40.  And  I  the  Lord  said  unto  him:  Whosoever 
slayeth  thee,  vengeance  shall  be  taken  on  him  seven- 
fold. P     And  I  the  Lord  set  a  mark  upon  Cain,  lest 
any  finding  him  should  kill  him. 

41.  And  Cain  was  shut  out  from  the  presence  of 
the  Lord,^  and  with  his  wife  and  many  of  his  breth- 
ren   dwelt    in    the    land    of    Nod,    on    the    east    of 
Eden/ 

42.  And  Cain  knew  his  wife,  and  she  conceived 
and  bare  Enoch,  and  he  also  begat  many  sons  and 
daughters.     And  he  builded  a  city^  and   he  called 
the  name  of  the   city  after  the  name   of   his  son, 
Enoch. 

43.  And  unto  Enoch  was  born  Irad,  and  other 
sons  and  daughters.     And  Irad  begat  Mahujael,  and 
other   sons   and    daughters.      And    Mahujael    begat 
Methusael,    and    other    sons    and    daughters.      And 
Methusael  begat  Lamech. 

44.  And  Lamech  took  unto  himself  two  wives; 
the  name  of  one  being  Adah,  and  the  name  of  the 
other,  Zillah. 

45.  And  Adah  bare  Jabal;  he  was  the  father  of 
such  as  dwell  in  tents,  and  they  were  keepers  of 
cattle;  and  his  brother's  name  was  Jubal,  who  was 
the  father  of  all  such  as  handle  the  harp  and  organ. 

46.  And  Zillah,   she   also  bare   Tubal    Cain,   an 

n,  verses  20,  21.        o,  verse  41;   6:  -49.         p.  verse  48.         q.  verse  39: 
see  also  6:  49-         r   3    8- 


CHAP.    V.  ]  1500  K     OK     MOSKS.  £5 

instructor  of  every  artificer  in  brass  and  iron.     And 
the  sister  of  Tubal  Cain  was  called  N"aamah. 

47.  And  Lamech  said  unto  his  wives,  Adah  and 
Zillah:  Hear  my  voice,  ye  wives  of  Lamech,  hearken 
unto   my   speech;   for   I  have   slain   a   man  to   my 
v^ounding,  and  a  young  man  to  my  hurt. 

48.  If  Cain  shall  be  avenged  seven  fold/  truly 
Lamech  shall  be  seventy  and  seven  fold;* 

49.  For  Lamech  having  entered  into  a  covenant 
with  Satan/*  after  the  manner  of  Cain,  wherein  he 
became  Master  Mahan,v  master  of  that  great  secret 
which  was  administered  unto  Cain  by  Satan;  and 
Irad,w  the  son  of  Enoch,  having  known  their  secret, 
began  to  reveal  it  unto  the  sons  of  Adam; 

50.  Wherefore  Lamech,  being  angry,  slew  him, 
not  like  unto  Cain  his  brother  Abel/  for  the  sake 
of   getting   gain,   but   he   slew  him   for   the   oath's 
sake. 

51.  For,   from   the   days   of   Cain,    there   was   a 
secret  combination/  and  their  works  were  in  the  dark, 
and  they  knew  every  man  his  brother. 

52.  Wherefore  the  Lord  cursed  Lamech,  and  his 
'  house,  and  all  them  that  had  covenanted  with  Satan  f 

3  for  they  kept  not  the  commandments  of  God,  and  it 
J  displeased  God,  and  he  ministered  not  unto  them, 

and  their  works  were  abominations,   and  began  to 

spread  among  all  the  sons  of  men.a 

53.  And   it  was   among   the   sons   of  men,   and 
among  the  daughters  of  men  these  things  were  not 
spoken,  because  that  Lamech  had  spoken  the  secret 
unto    his    wives,    and    they    rebelled    against    him, 
and  declared  these  things  abroad,  and  had  not  com- 
passion ; 


8,  verse  40.         t,  comnare  verses  34-48  inclusive,  with  Genesis  4: 
9-24  inclusive,  verse  by  verse.  u,  verse  29.  v,  verse  31.         w, 

verse  43.  x.  verses  32,  38.  y,  verse  30.  z,  verse  29.  a. 

verses  54-56;   6:  15;   8:  14,  15,  20. 


.^j  IM'AIIL    OF    UK  1:1  AT    PIUCE. 

54.  Wherefore   Lamech   was   despised,    and    cast 
out,  and  came  not  among  the  sons  of  men,  lest  he 
should  die. 

55.  And  thus   the   works   of   darkness   began   lo 
prevail  among  all  the  sons  of  men. 

56.  And  God  cursed  the  earth  with  a  sore  curse, 
and  was  angry  with  the  wicked,  with  all  the  sons  of 
men  whom  he  had  made; 

57.  For  they  would  not  hearken  unto  his  voice, J) 
nor  believe  on  his   Only  Begotten   Son,c  even   him 
whom  he  declared  should  come  in  the  meridian  of 
time,d  who  was  prepared  from  before  the  foundation 
of  the  world.6 

58.  And  thus  the  Gospel  ^  began  to  be  preached, 
from  the  beginning,  being  declared  by  holy  angels'' 
sent  forth  from  the  presence  of  God,  and  by  his  own 
voice,  and  by  the  gift  of  the  Holy  Ghost. h 

59.  And   thus   all   things   were   confirmed   unto 
ij      Adam,    by    an    holy    ordinance,    and    the    Gospel' 

preached,  and  a  decree  sent  forth,  that  it  should  be 
in  the  world,  until  the  end  thereof;  and  thus  it  was. 
Amen. 


CHAPTEE    VI. 

1.  And  Adam  hearkened  unto  the  voice  of  God," 
and  called  upon  his  sons  to  repent.6 

2.c  And   Adam    knew   his   wife   again,    and    she 


.  bare  a  son,  and  he  called  his  name  Seth.    And  Adam 
glorified  the  name  of  God;  for  he  said:  God  hath 


b,  verse  16;  compare  4:  4.  c,  see  1:  6.  d,  6:  57,  62;  7:  46;  see  also 
Doc.  and  Cov.  20:  26;  39:  3.  e,  2:  26.  /,  verse  59;  8:  19;  Abraham  2: 
10,  11.  g,  verse  6.  h,  see  1:  24.  i,  see  verse  58. 

a  5*  17.  6,  see  5:  8.  c,  compare  verses  2,  3,  and  4  with  Genesis 
4:  25-26. 


CHAP.    VI. j  BOOK   OF    MOSES.  2! 

appointed  me  another  seed,  instead  of  Abel,  whom 
Cain  s\Q\v.d 

3.  And  God  revealed  himself  unto  Seth;  and  he 
^rebelled  not,  but  offered  an  acceptable  sacrifice,  like 

unto  his  brother  Abel.e  And  to  him  also  was  born 
a  son,  and  he  called  his  name  Enos. 

4.  And  then  began  these  men  to  call  upon  the 
e  of  the  Lord,  and  the  Lord  blessed  them/ 

).  And   a   book   of   remembrancer/was   kept,   in 
which  was  recorded,  in  the  language  of  Adam, 
or  it  /was  given  unto  as  many  as  called  upon  God  to 
write  by  the  spirit  of  inspiration; 

6.  And  by  them  their  children  were  taught  to 
read  and  write,  having  a  language  which  was  pure 
and  undefiled. 

7.  Now  this  same  Priesthood,71  which  was  in  the 
beginning,  shall  be  in  the  end  of  the  world  also.* 

8.  N"ow  this  prophecy  Adam  spake,  as  he  was 
moved  upon  by  the  Holy  Ghost/  and  a  genealogy  was 
kept  of  the  children  of  God.fc    And  this  was  the  book 
of  the  generations  of  Adam,  saying :  In  the  day  that 
God  created  man,  in  the  likeness  of  God  made  he 
him; 

9.  In   the   image   of   his   own  body,   male    and 
female,    created  he    them/   and  blessed   them,   and 
called  their  name   Adam,m  in  the  day  when  they 
were  created  and  became  living  soulsn  in  the  land 
upon  the  footstool  of  God.0 

10.P  And  Adam  lived  one  hundred  and  thirty 
years,  and  begat  a  son  in  his  own  likeness,  after  his 
own  image,  and  called  his  name  Seth. 

d,  5:  32.  e,  5:  20.  f,  compare  verses  2-4  with  Genesis  4: 

25,  26.  g,  verse  46;    compare  Abraham  1:  31;    III  Nephi  24:  16; 

Ether  8:  9;   Doc.  and  Cov.  85:  7-9.  h,  8:  19;   Abraham  1:  2,  4,  18, 

26,27,31;  2:9,11;  compare  Alma  13:  1-19;  Doc.  and  Cov.  2:  1;  67:10; 
84:  6,  17,  18,  19,  25.  i,  verse  30.  /,  see  1:  24.  k,  7:  1;  8:  13; 
compare  verse  68;  8:  13,  21;  Moroni  7:  48;  Doc.  and  Cov.  11:  30;  34:  3; 
39:  4;  42:  52;  45:  8;  76:  58;  128:  23.  lt  see  2:  26.  m,  1:  34.  n, 
3:  7.  o,  verse  44;  Abraham  2:  7;  Matt.  5:  35;  I  Nephi  17:  39;  III 
Nephi  12:  35.  p,  compare  verses  10-25  inclusive,  with  Genesis  5:  3-21 
inclusive. 

3 


fco  I^AUL  OF  cu-AT  I'iiicE. 

11.  And  the  days  of  Adam,  after  he  had  begotten 
Seth,  were  eight  hundred  years,  and  he  begat  many 
sons  and  daughters. 

12.  And  all  the  days  that  Adam  lived  were  nine- 
hundred  and  thirty  years,  and  he  died. 

13.  Seth  lived  one  hundred  and  five  years,  and 
begat   Enos,   and  prophesied^   in   all   his   days,   and 
taught  his  son  Enos  in  the  ways  of  God;  wherefore 
Enos  prophesied  also. 

14.  And  Seth  lived,  after  he  begat  Enos,  eight 
hundred  and  seven  years,  and  begat  many  sons  and 
daughters. 

15.  And  the   children   of  menr  were  numerous 
upon  all  the  face  of  the  land.     And  in  those  days 
Satan  had  great  dominion  among  men,*  and  raged 
in  their  hearts ;  and  from  thenceforth  came  wars  and 
bloodshed;  and  a  man's  hand  was  against  his  own 
brother/  in  administering  death,  because  of  secret 
works,**  seeking  for  power. 

16.  All  the  days  of  Seth  were  nine  hundred  and 
twelve  years    and  he  died. 

17.  And    Enos    lived    ninety    years,    and    begat 
Cainan.     And  Enos  and  the  residue  of  the  people 
of  God  came  out  from  the  land,  which  was  called 
Shulon,  and  dwelt  in  a  land  of  promise,  which  he 
called    after    his    own    son,    whom    he    had    named 
Cainan. 

18.  And  Enos  lived,  after  he  begat  Cainan,  eight 
hundred  and  fifteen  years,  and  begat  many  sons  and 
daughters.      And   all   the   days   of   Enos   were   nine 
hundred  and  five  years,  and  he  died. 

19.  And  Cainan  lived  seventy  years,  and  begat 
Mahalaleel;  and  Cainan  lived  after  he  begat  Maha- 

v  laleel  eight  hundred  and  forty  years,  and  begat  sons 


q,  5:  10.  r,  5:  52.  s,  5:  13.  t,  7:  33.  u,  5:  30, 

v,  verse  41;    compare  7:  6,  7. 


i^-t^VL^    k 

CHAP.    VI.]  BOOK    01'    MOSl-:,S.  2(J 

It- 

and  daughters.     And  all  the  days  of  Cainan  were    f(0^ 
nine  hundred  and  ten  years,  and  he  died. 

20.  And   Mahalaleel    lived  sixty-five   years,   and 
begat  Jared;  and  Malialaleel  lived,  after  he  begat 
Jared,  eight  hundred  and  thirty  years,  and  begat 
sons  and  daughters.     And  all  the  days  of  Mahalaleel 
were   eight  hundred  and  ninety-five  years,   and  he 
died. 

21.  And  Jared  lived  one  hundred  and  sixty-two 
years,  and  begat  Enoch  ,w  and  Jared  lived,  after  he 
begat  Enoch,  eight  hundred  years,   and  begat  sons 
and  daughters.     And  Jared  taught  Enoch  in  all  the 
ways  of  God.37  y 

22.  And   this   is   the  ^genealogy   of   the   sons   of 
Adam,  who  was  the  son v  of  God,  with  whom  God, 
himself,  conversed. 

23.  And   they   were   preachers   of   righteousness, 
and  spake  and  prophesied/  and  called  upon  all  men, 
everywhere,  to  repent  f  and  faith  was  taught  unto 
the  children  of  men. 

24.  And  it  came  to  pass  that  all   the  days  of 
Jared  were  nine  hundred  and  sixty-two  years,  and 
he  died. 

25.a  And  Enoch  lived  sixty-five  years,  and  begat 
Methuselah.6 

26.  And  it  came  to  pass  that  Enoch  journeyed 
in  the  land,  among  the  people;  and  as  he  journeyed, 
the  Spirit  of  God  descended  out  of  heaven,  and  abode 
upon  him.c 

27.  And  he  heard  a  voice^  from  heaven,  saying: 
Enoch,  my  son,  prophesy6  unto  this  people,  and  say 
unto  them — Eepent/  for  thus  saith  the  Lord:  I  am 
angry   with   this    people,    and   my    fierce    anger    is 

w,  verses  25-68;  7:  1-69;  8:  1;  compare  Genesis  5:  19-24;  Jude  14-15; 
Doc.  and  Cov.  76:  57,  67,  100;  84:  15;   107:  48,  49,  53;    133:  54.  x. 

verse  41.  y,  5:   10.  z,  5:  8.  a,   compare  verses  10-25 

inclusive,  with  Genesis  5:  3-21  inclusive.  b,  8:  2-7;    compare  Gene- 

sis 5:  21-27;   Doc.  and  Cov.  107:  50,  53.  c,  compare  1:  24.  rf, 

1:  25.  e,  5:  10.  /,  5:  8. 


30  PEARL  OF  GREAT  PRICE. 

kindled  against  them;-9  for  their  hearts  have  waxed 
hard,  and  their  ears  are  dull  of  hearing,  and  their 
eyes  cannot  see  afar  off; 

28.  And  for  these  many  generations,  ever  since 
the  day  that  I  created  them,,  have  they  gone  astray, 
and   have   denied   me,    and   have   sought    their    owi- 
counsels  in  the  dark;  and  in  their  own  abominations 
have  they   devised  murder,   and  have  not   kept  the 
commandments,    which    I    gave    unto    their    father, 
Adam.7* 

29.  Wherefore,  they  have   foresworn  themselves, 
and,  by  their  oaths/  they  have  brought  upon  them- 
selves death;  and  a  Hell-'  I  have  prepared  for  them, 
if  they  repent  not;fc 

30.  And  this  is  a  decree,  which  I  have  sent  forth 
in  the  beginning  of  the  world,  from  my  own  mouth, 
from  the  foundation  thereof,  and  by  the  mouths  of 
my  servants,  thy  fathers,  have  I  decreed  it,  even  as 
it  shall  be  sent  forth  in  the  world,  unto  the  ends 
thereof. l 

31.  And  when  Enoch  had  heard  these  words,  he 
bowed  himself  to  the  earth,  before  the  Lord,  and 
spake  before  the  Lord,™   saying:   Why  is  it  that  I 
have  found  favor  in  thy  sight,  and  am  but  a  lad, 
and  all  the  people  hate  me ;  for  I  am  slow  of  speech  ;M 
wherefore  am  I  thy  servant? 

32.  And  the  Lord  said0  unto  Enoch :  Go  forth 
and  do  as  I  have  commanded  thee,  and  no  man  shall 
pierce  thee.     Open  thy  mouth,  and  it  shall  be  filled,** 
and  I  will  give  thee  utterance,  for  all  flesh  is  in  my 
hands,  and  I  will  do  as  seemeth  me  good. 

33.  Say  unto  this  people :  Choose9  ye  this  day, 
to  serve  the  Lord  God  who  made  you. 


ff,  7:  34;   8:  15.  h,  5:  5.  t,  5:  29.  ?,  1:  20;    compare 

7:  37;   I  Nephi  15:  35;   Doc.  and  Cov.  29:  38;   63:  4;   76:  84,  106.  k, 

compare  5:8.  /,  verse  7.  m,  1 :  30.  n,  compare  Exodus 

4:  10.  o,l:l.  p,  conmare  7:  13;   Exodus  4:  12,  15;   Matthew 

10:  19;   Mark  13:  11;   Luke  12:  11;   Doc.  and  Cov.  33:  8-10.         q,  3:  17. 


C11AP.    VI.]  JiOOK    OF    MOSK8.  31 

34.  Behold   my    Spirit   is   upon  you,''  wherefore 
all  thy  words  will  I  justify;  and  the  mountains  shall 
flee  before  you/  and  the  rivers  shall  turn  from  their 
course ;*  and  thou  shalt  abide  in  me,  and  I  in  you; 
therefore  walk  with  me." 

35.  And  the  Lord  spake  unto  Enoch/  and  said 
unto  him:   Anoint  thine  eyes  with  clay,  and  wash  £ 
them,  and  thou  shalt  see.     And  he  did  so. 

36.  And  he  beheld  the  spirits  that  God  had  cre- 
ated;10 and  he   beheld  also   things  which  were  not 
visible   to  the  natural   eyef  and   from   thenceforth  ~ 
came  the  saying  abroad  in  the  land :  A  seer^  hath  the  4 
Lord  raised  up  unto  his  people. 

37.  And  it  came  to  pass  that  Enoch  went  forth 
in  the  land,  among  the  people,  standing  upon  the 
hills   and   the  high   places,   and   cried  with  a   loud 
voice,  testifying   against  their  works;  and  all  men 
were  offended  because  of  him. 

38.  And  they  came  forth  to  hear  him,  upon  the 
high  places,  saying  unto  the  tent  keepers:  Tarry  ye 
here   and .  keep   the   tents,    while   we   go   yonder   to 
behold  the  seer/  for  lie  prophesieth,  and  there  is  a 
strange  thing  in  the  land;  a  wild  man  hath  come 
among  us.  f^v^;r  t  •    ; 

39.  And  it  came  to  pass  when  they  heard  him, 
no  man  laid  hands  on  him ;  for  fear  came  on  all  them 
that  heard  him ;  for  he  walked  with  God.a 

40.  And   there   came   a    man   unto   him,    whose 
name  was   Mahijah,   and   said  unto   him:   Tell   us 
plainly    who    thou    art,    and    from    whence    thou 
comest. 


r,  compare  1:  15,  24;   8:  17.  «,  compare  Matthew  17:  20;   Mark 

11:  23-24;  Jacob  4:  6;   Ether  12:  30;   Doc.  and  Cov.  133:  40,  44.  t, 

7:13.  u,  verse  39;  7:69;  8:27;  compare  Genesis  5:  24;  6:9;  17:1. 

•y,  1:  1.  IP,  1:8.  x,  compare  1:11.  y,  verse  38;   compare 

Writings  of  Joseph  Smith  2:  35.     Mosiah  8:  13-18;   Doc.  and  Cov.  107: 
02:    124:  125.  zt  verse  36.     a,  verse  34. 


;><>  PEAIIL    OF    GREAT    PRICE. 

41.  And  he  said  unto  them :  I  came  out  from  the 
land  of  Cainan,^  the  land  of  my  fathers,  a  land  of 
righteousness  unto  this  day.     And  my  father  taught 
me  in  all  the  ways  of  God.c 

42.  And  it  came  to  pass,  as  I  journeyed  from  the 
land  of  Cainan,  by  the  sea  east,  I  beheld  a  vision; 
and  lo,  the  heavens  I  saw,  and  the  Lord  spake  with 
me,  and  gave  me  commandment;  wherefore,  for  this 
cause,  to  keep  the  commandment,  I  speak  forth  these 
words.^ 

43.  And    Enoch    continued   his    speech,    saying: 
The  Lord  which  spake  with  me,  the  same  is  the  God 
of  heaven,  and  he  is  my  God,  and  your  God,  and  ye 
are  my  brethren,  and  why  counsel  ye  yourselves,  and 
deny  the  God  of  heaven  ? 

44.  The  heavens  he  made;  the  earth  is  his  foot- 
stool;6 and  the  foundation  thereof  is  his.     Behold, 
he  laid  it,  an  host  of  men  hath  he  brought  in  upon 
the  face  thereof. 

45.  And  death  hath  come  upon  our  fathers ;  never- 
theless we  know  them,  and  cannot  deny,  and  even  the 
first  of  all  we  know,  even  Adam/ 

46.  For  a  book  of  remembrance^  we  have  written 
among  us,   according  to  the  pattern  given  by   the 
finger  of  God ;  and  it  is  given  in  our  own  language. 

17.  And  as  Enoch  spake  forth  the  words  of  God, 
the  people  trembled,  and  could  not  stand  in  his 
presence/ 

48.  And  he  said  unto  them:  Because  that  Adam 
fell,  we  are  ;7i  and  by  his  fall  came  death ;  and  we  are 
made  partakers  of  misery  and  woe. 

49.  Behold  Satan  hath  come*  among  the  children 
of  men,  and  temp teth  them  to  worship  him;''  and 
men  have  become  carnal,  sensual,  and  devilish,^  and 
are  shut  out  from  the  presence  of  God.* 

6,  verse  17.        c,  verse  21.        d,  verse  27.        e,  verse  9.         /,  1 :  34 

sTYi6 


ftvttse  5.       'h,  Il'Nephi  2:' 25-     '    i.  5:  13.          ',  1:  12.         k   5:  13 


(  HAP.    Vi.]  BOOK    OF    MOSES.  oo 

50.  But  God  hath  made  known  unto  our  fathers 
that  all  men  must  repent.m 

51.  And  he  called  upon  our  father  Adam  by  his 
own  voice,  saying :  I  am  God ;  I  made  the  world,  and 
men  before  they  were  in  the  flesh.n 

^        52.  And  he  also  said  unto  him :  If  thou  wilt  turn 

*  unto  me,  and  hearken  unto  my  voice,  and  believe, 
;ind  repent0  of  all  thy  transgressions,  and  be  bap- 
tized/ even  in  water,  in  the  name   of  mine   Only 
Begotten    Son,#  ^ho   is    full   of   ffrace    and   truth/  - 
which  is  Jesus  Cn"ri"st,*  the^onTy  najneJi ..wJiich  shall 
be    given    under    heaven,    whereby    salvation    shall 
come  unto  the  children  of  men5  ye  shall  receive  the 
gift'  of  the  Holy   Ghost,**  asking  all  things  in  his 
name,v  and  whatsoever  ye  shall  ask,  it  shall  be  given 
you. 

53.  And  our  father  Adam  spake  unto  the  Lord,^ 
and  said:  Why  is  it  that  men  must  repent  and  be 
baptized  in  water?     And  the  Lord  said  unto  Adam: 
Behold  I  have  forgiven  thee  thy  transgression  in  the 
Garden  of  Eden.* 

54.  Hence  came  the   saying  abroad  among   the 
people,    That    the    Son    of    God    hath    atoned    for 
original  guilt/  wherein  the  sins  of  the  parents  can- 

X  not  be  answered  upon  the  heads  of  the  children, 
for  they  are  whole  from  the  foundation  of  the 
world. 

55.  And  the   Lord   spake  unto    Adam,    saying: 
Inasmuch  as  thy  children  are  conceived  in  sin,"  even 
so  when  they  begin  to  grow  up,  sin  conceiveth  in 

*  their  hearts,  and  they  taste  the  bitter,  that  they  may 
know  to  prize  the  good.® 

m,  5:  8.         n,  3:  5.         o,  see  5:  8."        p,  verses  64,  65;    7:  11;   8:  24; 
compare  Matthew  28:  19,  etc.;   Ill  Nephi  11:  23.  q,  1:  6,  17.  r. 

1:6.  «,  verse  57;  7:50;  8:24.  £,  compare  II  Nephi  25:  20;  Mosiah 
3:  17;  5:  8;  Doc.  and  Cov.  76:  1.  u,  see  1:  24.  v,  compare  Jacob 
4:  6;  III  Nephi  7:  19,  20;  8:  1;  19:  6-8;  26:  17,  21;  28:  30;  IV  Nephi 
1:  5;  Mormon  9:  6,  27;  Ether  5:  5;  Doc.  and  Cov.  46:  31.  u\  1:  30. 
:r,  3:  8.  y,  compare  1:6;  5:  9.  z,  Psalms  51 :  5.  a,  compare  Doc. 
and  Cov.  29:  39. 


34  PEARL  OF  GREAT  PRICE. 

£6.  And  it  is  given  unto  them  to  know  good 
from  evil;6  wherefore  they  are  agents  unto  them- 
selves/ and  I  have  given  unto  you  another  law  and 
commandment. 

57.  Wherefore  teach  it  unto  your  children,,  that 
all  men,  everywhere,  must  repent/  or  they  can  in 
no  wise  inherit  the  kingdom  of  God,  for  no  unclean 
thing  can  dwell  'there,  or  dwell  in  his  presence ;  for, 
in  the  language  of  Adam,  Man  of  Holiness6  is  his 
name,  and  the  name  of  his  Only  Begotten^  is  the 
'gn  of  Man/  even  Jesus  Christ,71  a  righteous^Judge, 

in  the  meridian  of  time.* 

58.  Therefore  I  give  unto  you  a  commandment, 
to    teach   these    things    freely   unto    your   children, 
saying : 

59.  That  by  reason  of  transgression  cometh  the 
fall,  which  fall  bringeth  death,  and  inasmuch  as  ye 
were  born  into  the  world  by  water,  and  blood,  and 
the  spirit,  which  I  have  made,  and  so  became  of 
dust  a  living  soul/  even  so  ye  must  be  born  again6 
into  the  kingdom  of  heaven,  of  water',  and  of  the 
Spirit/  and  be  cleansed  by  blood,  even  the  blood  of 
mine  Only  Begotten  ;m  that  ye  might  be  sanctified 
from  all  sin,  and  enjoy  the  words  of  eternal  life  in 
this  world,  and  eternal  life  in  ihn  wprlj  In  .r^png.  "K 
even  immortal  glory  f 

60.  For  by  the  water  ye  keep  the  commandment ; 
by  the  Spirit  ye  are  justified,  and  by  the  blood  ye  are 
sanctified ; 

61.  Therefore    it    is  given    to    abide    in    you; 
^the     record     of     heaven;    /the     Comforter;0     the 
^peaceable  things  of  immortal  glory;   the   truth  of 
^all    things;     that    which    quickeneth     all     things, 

which     maketh     alive     all     things;     that     which 


6,  4:  11.  c,  3:  17.  rf,  5:8.  e,  7|  35.  f,-  1:  6.  g,  7:24, 
47,  54;  compare  1:  12.  h,  verse  52.  v  see  5:  57.  /,  3:  7.  k, 
compare  6:  65;  John  3:  3-5;  Mosiah  27:  25;  Alma  5:  49;  7:  14.  I, 
verse  64.  m.  1:  6.  n,  compare  1:39.  o,  compare  John  14: 
16-26;  15:26;  16:  7,13;  Moroni  8:  26;  Doc.  and  Cov.  21:  9;  31:  11; 
42:  16,  17;  50:  14,  17;  75:  10;  88:  3,  4;  124:  97. 


.1* 


c> 

CHAP.    VI.]  BOOK   OF    MOSES.  35 

knoweth  all   things,   and  hath  all  power,  according 
to  wisdom,  mercy,  truth,  justice,  and  judgment. 

62.  And  now,  behold,   I   say  unto  you :  This  is 
the  plan  of  salvation  unto  all  men,  through  the  blood 
of   mine    Only    Begotten/   who    shall   come    in   the 
meridian  of  time.9 

63.  And  behold,   all  things  have  their  likeness, 
and  all  things  are  created  and  made  to  bear  record 
of  me,  both  things  which  are  temporal,  and  things 
which  are  spiritual;  things  which  are  in  the  heavens 
above,  and  things  which  are  on  the  earth,  and  things 
which  are  in  the  earth,  and  things  which  are  under 
the  earth,  both  above  and  beneath;  all  things  bear 
record  of  me/ 

64.  And  it  came  to   pass,   when  the   Lord  had 
spoken  with  Adam,  our  father,  that  Adam  cried  unto 
the  Lord/  and  he  was  caught  away  by  the  Spirit  of 
the  Lord/  and  was  carried  down  into  the  water,  and 
was  laid  under  the  water,  and  was  brought  forth  out 
of  the  water. 

65.  And  thus  he  was  baptized/  and  the  Spirit  of 
God  descended  upon  him/  and  thus  he  was  born  of 

Spirit/  and  became  quickened  ifl  the  inner  man. 

66.  And  he  heard  a  voice*'  out  of  heaven,  saying : 
art  baptized   with   fire,   and  with   the   Holy 

Ghost.^     This  is  the  record  of  the  Father,  and  the 
Son/  from  henceforth  and  for  ever ; 

67.  And  thou  art  after  the  order  of  him  who  was 
„  without  beginning  of  days  or  end  of  years/  from  all 

eternity  to  all  eternity. 

68.  Behold,  thou  art  one  in  me,  a  son  of  God; 
and  thus  may  all  become  my  sons.6    Amen. 

p,  1:  6.  q,  5:  56.  r,  compare  Doc.  and  Cov.  88:  45-47.  »,  1: 
30.  «,  compare  I  Kings  18:  12;  II  Kings  2:  16;  Ezekiel3:  12. 14;  Acts 
8:  39;  I  Nenhi  11:1.  u,  verse  52.  v,  compare  1:  24.  w,  verse  59; 
compare  John  3:  5;  Mosiah  27:  24;  see  also  Acts  2:  38;  Mosiah  27:  25; 
Alma  5:  14;  22:  15;  36:  5,  23,  24,  26;  38:  6;  Doc.  and  Cov.  5:  16.  x, 
1:  25.  y,  compare  Matthew  3:  11;  Acts  1:5;  Doc,  and  Cov.  33:  11. 
z.  see  1:24.  a.  1:  3.  6,  see  6:  7. 


36  PEARL  OF  GREAT  PRICE. 


CHAPTER    VII. 

1.  And   it   came   to   pass  that   Enoch  continued 
his  speech,  saying :  Behold,  our  father  Adam  taught 
these  things,   and  many  have  believed  and  become 
the  sons  of  God,a  and  many  have  believed  not,  and 
have  perished  in  their  sins,  and  are  looking  forth 
with  fear,  in  torment,  for  the  fi  ery J n  d i  £Tva  t  i on  of  the 
wrath  of  God  to  be  poured  out  upon  them." 

2.  And   from  that   time   forth   Enoch  began   to 
prophesy,6  saying  unto  the  people,  that:  As  I  was 
journeying,  and  stood  upon  the  place  Mahujah,  and 
cried   unto   the   Lord,    there   came    a   voice   out    of 
heaven,c  saying — Turn  ye,  and  get  ye  upon  the  mount 
Simeon. 

3.  And  it  came  to  pass  that  I  turned  and  went 
up  on  the  mount ;  and  as  I  stood  upon  the  mount,  1 
beheld   the  heavens  open,   and  I  was  clothed  upon 
with  glory;*1 

4.  And  I  saw  the  Lord;6  and  he  stood  before  my 
face,  and  he  talked  with  me,  even  as  a  man  talketh 
one  with  another,  face  to  face/  and  he  said  unto  me : 
Look/  and  I  will  show  unto  thee  the  world  for  the 
space  of  many  generations. 

5.  And  it  came  to  pass  that  I  beheld  in  the  valley 
of  Shum,  and  lo,  a  great  people  which  dwelt  in  tents, 
which  were  the  people  of  Shum.7* 

6.  And  again  the  Lord "sauT unto  me:  Look;  and 
I  looked  towards  the  north,  and  I  beheld  the  people 
of  Canaan,*  which  dwelt  in  tents. 

7.  And  the  Lord  said  unto  me :  Prophesy ;  and  I 
prophesied,  saying:  Behold  the  people  of   Canaan, 
which  are  numerous,  shall  go  forth  in  battle  array 

a,  see  6:  7.         6,  5:  10.         c,  see  1:  25.         d,  see  1:2.         e,  1 :  2. 
f.  1:  2.         0,  1:  4.         h,  verse  7.         t,  compare  6:17. 


C1IA1'.    Vll.J  BOOK    OF    JMOSIS.  37 

against  the  people  of  Shurn,  and  shall  slay  them 
that  they  shall  utterly  be  destroyed  ;•  and  the  people 
of  Canaan  shall  divide  themselves  in  the  land,  and 
the  land  shall  be  barren  and  unfruitful,  and  none 
other  people  shall  dwell  there  but  the  people  of 
Canaan ; 

8.  For  behold,  the  Lord  shall  curse  the  land  with 
much  heat,  and  the  barrenness  thereof  shall  go  forth 
forever;  and  there  was  a  blackness'  came  upon  all 
the   children   of    Canaan, k  and   they   were   despised 
among  all  people. 

9.  And  it  came  to  pass  that  the  Lord  said  ifnto 
me :  Look  ;*  and  I  looked,  and  I  beheld  the  land  of 
SJiaron,   and   the  land  of   Enoch,  and  the  land  of 
()  inner,  and  the  land  of  Heni,  and  the  land  of  Shem, 
and  the  land  of  Haner,  and  the  land  of  Hanannihah, 
and  all  the  inhabitants  thereof; 

10.  And  the  Lord  said  unto  me :  Go  to  this  people, 
and  say  unto  them — Eepent,m  iest  I  come  out  and 

v  smite  them  with  a  curse,  and  they  die. 

11.  And  he  gave  unto  me  a  commandment  that 
I  should  baptize**  in  the  name  of  the  Father,  and  of 
the  Son,0  which  is  full  of  grace  and  truth/  and  of  the 
Holy   Ghost,3   which   bareth  recordr   of   the   Father 
and  the  Son. 

12.  And  it  came  to  pass  that  Enoch  continued *to 
call  upon  all  the  people,  save  it  were  the  people  of 
Canaan,8  to  repent;* 

13.  And  so  great  was  the  faith  of  Enoch,  that 
lie  led  the  people  of  God,  and  their  enemies  came 
to  battle  against  them;  and  he  spake  the  word  of 
the  Lord,  and  the  earth  trembled,   and  the  moun- 
tains  fled,  even  according  to  his  command;  ancTThe" 
rivers   of  water  were   turned  out  of  their  course;" 

?',  vsrse  22;  compare  II  Nephi  5:  21.  fc,  see  6:  17.  I,  see  1:  4. 
m,  see  $i  k.  rc,  see  6:  52.  o,  compare  5:  8.  p,  see  1:6.  q,  see 
1:  24.  r,  *&  1:  24.  s,  verse  8.  t,  see  5:  8.  u,  6:  34. 


PEAKL    OF    GREAT    PRICE. 

and  the  roar  of  the  lions  was  heard  out  of  the  wilder- 
ness; and  all  nations  feared  greatly,  so  powerful  was 
the  word  of  Enoch,  and  so  great  was  the  power  of 
the  language  which  God  had  given  him.v 

14.  There  also  came  up  a  land  out  of  the  depth 
of  the  sea,  and  so  great  was  the  fear  of  the  enemies 
of  the  people  of  God,  that  they  fled  and  stood  afar 
off  and  went  upon  the  land  which  came  up  out  of  the 

v^  depth  of  the  sea. 

15.  And  the  giants  of  the  land,  also,  stood  afar 
off;  and  there  went  forth  a  curse  upon  all  people  tha; 
fought  against  God; 

16.  And  from  that  time  forth  there  were  war- 
and   hloodshed    among   them;    hut   the    Lord    canu.- 
and    dwelt    with    his    people,"7    and    they    dwelt    hi 
righteousness.3' 

17.  The  fear  of  the.  Lord  was  upon  all   nations. 
so  great  was  tTTe  glory  of  the  Lord,  which  was  upon 
his  people.     And  the  Lord  blessed  the  land,  and  they 
were  blessed  upon  the  mountains,  and  upon  the  high 
places,  and  did  flourish. 

18.  And  the  Lord  called  his  people  ZJTfl^r.^  because 
they  were  of  one  heart  and  one  min3,  and  dwelt 
in   righteousness;    and   there   was    no   poor    among 
them. 

•  19.  And  Enoch  continued  his  preaching  in  right- 
eousness unto  the  people  of  God.  And  it  came  to  pass 
in  his  days,  that  he  built  a  city  that  was  called  the 


ity  of  Holiness,  even  Ziox*  /y\  ^N*  * 

Enrjc 


it  came  to  pass  that  Enrjch  talked^  with 
the  Lord;  and  he  said  unto  the  Lord:  Surely  Zion 
shall  dwellin  safety  forever.  But  the  Lord  said 


unto  EnocliTZion  have  I  blessed,  but  the  residue  of 
the  people6  have  I  cursed. 


v,  compare  6:  32.  w.  compare  verse  21.  a?,  verse  18.  y,  verses 
19-21,  23,  27,  62,  69;  compare  Doc.  and  Cov.  38:  4;  58:  7;  84:  99-100; 
see  also  Doc.  and  Cpv.  42:  35.  z,  compare  verse  18,  a,  see  1:  30. 
6,  verse  2S,  o 

V 


('[TAP.    VII.]  BOOK    OF    MOSKS.  °>!) 

21.  And  it  came  to  pass  dial   the  Lord  showed 
unto  Enoch  all  the  inhabitants  of  the  earth  ;r  and  he 

fbeheld,  and  lo,  Zion,  in  process  of  time,  was  taken 
/up  into  heaven/'"   "And  the  Lord  said  unto  Enoch: 
Behold  mine  abode  forever. 

22.  And   Enoch   also  beheld    Ilie   residue   of   the 
people  which  were  the  sons  of  Adam ;  and  they  were 

a  mixture  of  all  the  seed  of  Adam  save  it  were  the  7 
seed  of  Cain,  for  the  seed  of  Cain  were  black,  and 
had  not  place  among  them. 

23.  And  after  that  Zion  was  taken  up  into  heaven, 
Enoch  beheld,  and  lo,  all  the  nations  of  the  earth 
were  before  him  f       ^     I  •  j 

24.  And  there  came  generation  upon  generation ; 
y    and    Enoch   was   high    and    lifted   up,    even   in   the 

'  bosom  of  the  Father,  and  of  the  Son  of  Man  \f  and 
behold,  the  power  of  Satan  was  upon  all  the 'face  of 
the  earth. 

25.  And  he  saw  angels*7  descending  out  of  heaven  ; 
and  he  heard  a  loud  voice**  saying :  Wo,  wo  be  unto 
the  inhabitants  of  the  earth. 

26.  And  he  beheld  Satan  ;*  and  he  had  a  great 
chain  in  his  hand,  and  it  veiled  the  whole  face  of  the 
earth  with  darkness;  and  he  looked  up  and  laughed/ 
and  his  angels  rejoiced. 

27.  And  Enoch  beheld  angels  descending  out  of 
heaven,^  bearing  testimony  of  the  Father  and  Son  -J 
and  the  Holy  Ghost™  fell  on  many,  and  they  were 
caught  up  by  the  powers  of  heaven  into  Z&QP~% 

28.  And  it  came  to  pass  that  the  God  of  heaven 
looked  upon  the  residue  of  the  people,0  and  he  wept  f 
and  Enoch  bore  record  of  it,  saying :  How"~!s"Tt  tnaf 
the  heavens  weep,  and  shed  forth  their  tears  as  the 
rain  uporf TnTT mountains  ? 

c,  verse  23;  see  also  1:8.  d,  verses  23,  27,  31,  47,  69;  compare 
verse  18;  Genesis  5:  24.  e,  verse  21:  1:  8.  f,  6:  57.  g,  verse  27; 
see  also  5:  6.  h,  see  1:  25.  i,  compare  1:  13.  j,  compare  5:  21. 
k,  verse  25.  I,  see  1:  24.  m,  1:  24.  n,  verse  21.  o,  verse  20. 
P,  verses  29,  31,  37,  40. 


40  PEAKL  OF  GREAT  PRICK. 

29.  And  Enoch  said  unto  the  Lord:  How  is  it 
that  thou  canst  weep,  seeing  thou  art  holy,  and  from 
all  eternity  to  all  eternity  ?q 

30.  And  were  it  possible  that  man  could  number 
the  particles  of  the  earth,  yea  millions  of  earths  like 
this,  it  would  not  be  a  beginning  to  the  number  of 
thy  creations  ;r  and  thy  curtains  are   stretched 
still ;  and  yet  thou  art  there," and  thy  bosom  is  there ; 

'and  also  thou  art  just;  thou  art  merciful  and  kind 
forever ; 

31.  And    thou    hast    taken    Zion    to    thine    own 
bosom,*  from  all  thy  creations,  from  all  eternity  to 
all  eternity ;  and  nought  but  peace,  justice,  and  truth 
is  the  habitation  of  thy  throne;  and  mercy  shall  go 
before  thy  face  and  have  no  end;  how  is  it  thou 
canst  weep?* 

32.  The  Lord  said"  unto  Enoch:   Behold  these 
thy  brethren ;  they  are  the  workmanship  of  mine  own 
hands,v  and  I  gave  unto  them  their  knowledge,  in 
the  day  I  created  them;  and  in  the  Garden  of  Eden,M' 
gave  I  unto  man  his  agency  f 

33.  And  unto  thy  brethren  have  I  said,  and  also 
given    commandment,    that    they    should    love    one 
another,    and    that    they    should    choose    me,    their 
Father  ;#  but  behold,  they  are  without^affection,  and 
they  hate  their  own  blood  f 

34.  And  the  fire  of  mine  indignation  is  kindled 
against  them ;  and  in  my  hpt.  di  spleasure  will  I  send 
in  the  floods®  upon  them,   for  my   fierce  anger  is 
kindled  against  them.6 

^  35.  Behold,  J  am  God ;  Man  of  Holiness6  is  my 
name;  Man  of  Couns"eT  is  my  name;  and  Endless'7 
and  Eternal  is  my  name,  also. 

36.  Wherefore,  I  can  stretch  forth  mine  hands 

q,  compare  1:  3.  r,  compare  1:  28.  a,  verse  21.  t,  verse  28. 
u,  1:1.  v,  see  1:4.  u\  3:  8.  .T,  3:  17.  ?/,  6:  33.  2,6:15. 
a,  verses  38,  43,  51;  8:17,  24;  compare  Genesis  6:  17;  7:  4,  10.  b,  6: 
27.  r,  6:  57;  compare  1:  3.  d,  1:  3. 


CHAP.  vii.  I 


BOOK    OF    MOSES.  41 


and  hold  all  the  creations  which  I  have  made;  and 
mine  eye  can  pierce  them  also,  and  among  all  the 
workmanship  of  mine  hands6  there  has  not  been  so 
great  wickedness  as  among  thy  brethren. 
?  37.  But  behold,  their  sins  shall  be  upon  the  heads 
of  their  fathers;  Satan  shall  be  their  father,  and 
misery  shall  be  their  doom/  and  the  whole  heavens 
shall  weep  over  them,  even  all  the  workmanship  of 
mmtrfrairds ;"  wheref ore  should  not  the  heavens  weep/ 
seeing  these  shall  suffer? 

38.  But  behold,  these  which  thine  eyes  are  upon 
-^ shall  perish  in  the  floods;'1'  and  behold,  I  will  shut 
/  them  up ;  a  j^rison  have  1  prepared  for  them.* 

39.  And  That  which  I  have  chosen  hath  plead 
before  my  face.     Wherefore,  he  suffereth  for  their 
sins;''  inasmuch  as  they  will  repent  in  the  day*  that 
my  Chosen^  shall  return  unto  me,  and  until  that  day 
they  shall  be  in  torment ;' 

40.  Wherefore,  for  this  shall  the  heaveiis^weep/ 
>    yea,  and  all  the  workmanship  of  mine  hands.™ 

41.  And  it  came  to  pass  that  the  Lord  spake  unto 
Enoch,™  and  told  Enoch  all  the  doings  of  the  children 
of  men;  wherefore  Enoch  knew,  and  looked  upon 
their  wickedness,   and  their  misery,   and  wept  and 
stretched  forth  his  arms,  and  his  heart  swelled  wide  • 
as  eternity;  and  his  bowels  yearned;  and  all  eternity 
shook. 

42.  And  Enoch  also  saw  Noah,0  and  his  family; 
that  the  posterity  of  all  the  sons  of  Noah  should  be 
saved  with  a  temporal  salvation; 

43.  Wherefore   Enoch   saw   that   Noah  built   an 
fark;^  and  that  the  Lord  smiled  upon  it,  and  held  it 

in  his  own  hand;  but  upon  the  residue  of  the  wicked 
the  floods'7  came  and  swallowed  them  up. 

e,  1:4.  f,  compare  6:  29.  g,  verse  28.  h,  verse  34.  i,  compare 
verse  57;  I  Peter  3:  18-20.  j,  compare  1:6;  5:  9.  k,  4:  2.  I,  verse 
28.  m,  verse  36.  n,  1:  1.  o,  verses  45,  50;  8:  8-30.  p,  compare 
Genesis  chapters  6,  7,  8;  see  also  Ether  2:  6;  6:  4-11.  q,  verse  34. 


42  PKAUL    OF    UKKAT    1'kK'K. 

44.  And  as  Enoch  saw  this,  he  had  bitterness  of 
soul,  and  wept''  over  his  brethren,  and  said  unto  the 
heavens:  I  will  ivfuse  to  be  comforted;  but  the  Lord 
said*  unto  "Enoch :  Lift  up  your  heart,  and  be  glad; 
and  look.* 

45.  And  it  came  to  pass  that  Enoch  looked;  and 
from  Xoah,  he  beheld  all  the  families  of  the  earth  ; 
and  he  cried  unto  the  Lord,  saying:  When  shall  the 
day  of  the  Lord  come?    When  shall  the  blood  of  the 
Righteous  be  shed,  that  all  they  that  mourn  may  be 
sanctified  and  have  eternal  life?" 

.       46.  And  the  Lord  said :  It  shall  be  in  the  meridian 
of  time,r  in  the  days  of  wickedness  and  vengeance. 

47.  And  behold,  Enoch  saw  the  day  of  the  coming 
of  the  S^n  of  j\fan.<r  even  in  the  flesh;*  and  his  soul 
rejoiceo^  saying :  The  Eighteous  is  lifted  up,  and  the 
Lamb  is  slain  from  the  foundation  of  the  world;  and 

hrough  faith  1  ain  in   the  bosom  of  the  "Father, 
and  behold,  Zion  is  with  me.y 

48.  And  it  came  to  pass  that  Enoch  looked  upon 
,2} the  earth;  and  he  heard  a  voice*  from  the  bowels 

jft\\  '  {hereof,  saying :  Wo,  wo  is  me/'  the  mother  of  men ; 
1  am  pained,  I  am  weary,  because  of  the  wickedness 
of  my  children.  When  shall  I  rest,&  and  be  cleansed 
.  from  the  filthiness  which  is  gone  forth  out  of  me? 
When  will  my  Creator  sanctify  me,  that  I  may  rest, 
and  righteousness  for  a  season  abide  upon  my 
face? 

49.  And  when  Enoch  heard  the  earth  mourn,  he 
j££j}t,c  and  cried  unto  the  Lord,  saying :  0  Lord,  wilt 

thou  not  have  compassion  upon  the  earth?      Wilt 
thou  not  bless  the  children  of  Xoah? 

50.  And  it  came  to  pass  that  Enoch  continued 
his  cry  unto  the  Lord,  saying:  I  ask  thee,  0  Lord, 

r,  verses  49,  58.  a,  1:  1.  t,  1:  4.  u.  compare  verse  39.  v,  5:  57. 
w,  5:  57.  x,  verse  54.  y,  compare  verse  21.  z,  compare  1:  25. 
a,  compare  verse  56.  b,  verses  54,"  58,  61,  64.  c,  verse  44. 


CHAP.    VII.  |  BOOK   OF   MOSES.  43 

in  the  name  of   thine  Only  Begotten/  even  Jesus 
w  Christ,6  that  thou  wilt  have  mercy  upon  Noah  and 
his  seed,  that  the  earth  might  never  more  be  covered 
by  the  floods. 

51.  And  the  Lord  could  not  withhold;  and  he 
covenanted  with  Enoch,  and  sware  unto  him  with  an 
oath,  that  he  would  stay  the  floods;  that  he  would 
call  upon  the  children  of  Noah ; 

52.  And  he  sent  forth  an  unalterable  decree,  that 
a  remnant  of  his  seed  should  always  be  found  among 
all  nations,  while  the  earth  should  stand; 

5;>.  And  the  Lord  said:  Blessed  is  he  through 
whose  seed  Messiah  shall  come;  for  he  saith — I  am 
Messiah,  the  King  of  Zion,  the  Bock  of  Heaven, 
which  is  broad  as  eternit}^;  whoso  cometh  in  at  the 
*gate  and  climbeth  up  by  me  shall  never  fall;  where- 
fore, blessed  are  they  of  whom  I  have  spoken,  for 
they  shall  come  forth  with  songs  of  everlasting  joy. 

54.  And  it  came  to  pass  that  Enoch  cried  unto 
the  Lord/  saying:  When  the  S^au^l Jiang, cometh  in 
the  flesh/1  shall  the  earth 'resrr      Ipray  thee,  show 
me  these  things. 

55.  And  the  Lord  said  unto  Enoch:  Look.;'  and 
he  looked  and  beheld  the  Son  of  Man  lifted  up  on 
the  cross,fc  after  .the  manner  of  men; 

56.  And  he  heard  a  loud  voice  ;*  and  the  heavens 
were  veiled ;  and  all  the  creations  of  God  mourned  ; 
and  the  .earth,  groaned  ;w  and  the  rocks  were  rent ; 
and  the  Saints  arose,  and  were  crowned  at  the  right 
hand  of  thc_Sgn  of  Man,1*  with  crowns  of  glory; 

51'.  And  asvmany  of  the  spirits  as  were  in  prison0    v> 
came    forth,   and   stood   on  the  right  hand  of   God; 


(I,  1 :  ().  e,  6:  52.  /,  1 :  30.  ff,  6:  57.  h,  verse  47.  i,  verse  48. 
7,  1:  4.  /.-,  comnare  verse  47;  I  Nephi  11:  33;  III  Nephi  27:  14;  Ether 
4:  I;  see  also  Matthew  27:  35;  Mark  15:  24;  Luke  23:  33;  John  19:  18. 
/,  1:  25.  m,  compare  verse  48.  n,  verse  54.  o.  compare  verse  38; 
Isaiah  42:  7;  49:  9;  01:  1 ;  T  Peter 3:  18-20;  Doc.  and  Cov.  76:  73;  88:  99, 


44  PEARL  OF  GREAT  PRICE. 

and  the  remainder  were  reserved  in  chains  of  darkness 
until  the  judgment  of  the  great  day. 

58.  And  again  Enoch  weptp  and  cried  unto  the 
Lord,  saying:  When  shall  the  earth  rest?9 

59.  And  Enoch  beheld  the  Son  of  Man  ascend 
up  unto  the  Father;  and  he  called  unto  the  Lord, 
saying:  Wilt  thou  not  come  again  upon  the  earth? 
Forasmuch  as  thou  art  God,  and  1  know  thee,  and 
thou  hast  sworn  unto  me/'  and  commanded  me  that 
I  should  ask  in  the  name  of  thine  Only  Begotten  ;* 
thou  hast  made  me,  and  given  unto  me  a  right  to  thy 
throne,  and  not  of  myself,  but  through  thine  own 
grace;  wherefore,  I  ask  thee  if  thou  wilt  not  come 
again  on  the  earth. 

60.  And  the  Lord  said*  unto  Enoch:  As  I  live, 
even  so  will  I  come  in  the  last  days,  in  the  days  of 
wickedness  and  vengeance,  to  fulfil  the  oath  which 
I  have  made  unto  jouu  concerning  the  children  of 
Noah ; 

61.  And  the  day  shall  come  that  the  earihj&jill. 
rest,  but  before  that  day  the  heavens  shall  be  dark- 
ened, and  a  veil  of  darkness  shall  cover  the  earth; 
and  the  heavens  shall  shake,  and  also  the  earth;  and 
great  tribulations   shall  be  among  the  children  of 
men,  but  my  people  will  I  preserve;  tWo.  ib'-i^ 

62.  And  righteousness  will  I  send  down  out  of 
heaven,  and  truth  will  I  send  forth  out  of  the  earth,1' 
to   bear   testimony    of    mine    Only    Begotten  ;w    his 
resurrection    from    the    dead;    yea,    and    also    the 
resurrection    of    all    men;    and    righteousness    and 
truth  will  I   cause   to  sweep   the  earth  as  with  a 
flood,  to  gather  out  mine  elect  from  the  four  quar- 
ters of  the  earth,  unto  a  place  which  I  shall  prepare, 
an  Holy  City,  that  my  people  may  gird  up  their 
loins*  and  be  looking  forth  for  the  time  of  my  com-' 

p,  verse  44.         q,  verse  48.         r,  verse  51.         a,  verse  50.         /,!:!. 
u.  verse  51,         r,  compare  Psalms  85:  1 1 ;   Jraiah  45:  8,         1/',  see  1:  6, 


CHAP.    VII.]  BOOK   OF    MOSES.  45 

/ing;  for  there  shall  be  my  tabernacle,  and  it  shall  be 
called  Zion,^  a  New  Jerusalem.^ 

63.  And  the  Lord  said  unto  Enoch:  Then  shalt 
thou  and  all  thy  city*  meet  them  there,  and  we  will 
receive  them  into  our  bosom,  and  they  shall  see  us; 
and  we  will  fall  upon  their  necks,  and  they  shall 
fall  upon  our  necks,  and  we  will  kiss  each  other; 

64.  And  there  shall  be  mine  abode,a  and  it  shall 
be  Zion,  which  shall  come  forth  out  of  all  the  crea- 
tions which  I  have  made;  and  for  the  space  of  a 
thousand  years^  the  earth  shall  rest.c 

65.  And  it  came  to  pass  that  Enoch  saw  the  day 
of  the  coming  of  the  Son  of  Man/7  in  the  last  days, 
to  dwell  on  the  earth  Tn  righteousness  for  the  space 
of  a  thousand  years  f 

66.  But  before  that  day  he  saw  great  tribulations 
among  the  wicked;  and  he  also  saw  the  sea,  that  it 
was  troubled,  and  men's  hearts  failing  them,  looking   ^ 
forth  with  fear  for  the  judgments  of  the  Almighty 
God,  which  should  come  upon  the  wicked. 

67.  And  the  Lord  showed  Enoch  all  things,  even 
unto  the  end  of  the  world;  and  he  saw  the  day  of 
the  righteous,   the  hour  of   their   redemption;   and 
received  a  fulness  of  joy; 

68.  And  all  the  days  of  Zion/  in  the  days  of 
Enoch,  were  three  hundred  and  sixty-five  years. 

69.  And  Enoch  and  all  his  people  walked  with 
God,0  and  he  dwelt  in  the  midst  of  Zion;  and  it 
came  to  pass  that  Zion  was  not,  for  God  received  it 
up  into  his  own  bosom;  and  from  thence  went  forth 
the  saying,  Ziox  is  FLED.71 


x,  compare  verse  19  y,  compare  Galatians  4:  26;  Hebrews  12:  22; 
Revelation  3:  12;  21:  2,  10;  Ether  13:  3-8;  Doc.  and  Cov.  42:  9,  35,  67; 
45:  66;  84:  2,  3,  4.  «,  compare  Doc.  and  Cov.  45:  12;  78:  4.  a, 
compare  verse  21.  6,  verse  65;  compare  Revelation  20:  2-7;  Doc.'and 
Cov.  29:  11,22;  43:  30;  84:  119;  88:  101,  108-110.  c,  verse  48.  d, 
verse  54.  e,  verse  64.  /,  verse  21.  g,  6:  34.  h,  verse  21; 
compare  Genesis  5:  24, 


l<>  PI:AUL  OF  CHEAT  PRICE. 


CHAPTEE   VIII. 

1.  And  all  the  days  of  Enoch  were  four  hundred 
and  thirty  years. 

2.  And  it  came  to  pass  that  Methusaleh,a  the  son 
of  Enoch,  was  not  taken,  that  the  covenants  of  the 
Lord  might  he  fulfilled,  which  he  made  to  Enoch  ;& 
for  he  truly  covenanted  with  Enoch  that  Noah  should 
be  of  the  fruit  of  his  loins. 

3.  And  it  came  to  pass  that  Methusaleh  prophe- 
sied0 that  from  his  loins  should  spring  all  the  king- 
doms  of   the   earth    (through   Noah),   and  he   took 
glory  unto  himself. 

4.  And  there  came  forth  a  great  famine  into  the 
land,  and    the  Lord   cursed  the  earth  with   a   sore 
curse,  and  many  of  the  inhabitants  thereof  died. 

5.d  And  it  came  to  pass  that  Methusaleh  lived 
one  hundred  and  eighty-seven  years,  and  begat 
Lantech ; 

6.  And  Methusaleh  lived,  after  he  begat  Lamech, 
seven  hundred  and  eighty-two  years,  and  begat  sons 
and  daughters; 

7.  And   all   the   days  of  Methusaleh   were  nine 
hundred  and  sixty-nine  years,  and  he  died. 

8.  And  Lamech  lived  one  hundred  and  eighty- 
two  years,  and  begat  a  son ; 

9.  And  he  called  his  name  Noah,e  saying:  This 
son  shall  comfort  us  concerning  our  work  and  toil 
of  our  hands,  because  of  the  ground  which  the  Lord 
hath  cursed/ 

10.  And  Lamech  lived,  after  he  begat  Noah,  five 

a,  6:  25.  b,  7:  51.  c,  compare  5:  10.  d,  compare  verses  5-12 
inclusive  with  Genesis  5:  25-32  inclusive,  verse  by  verse  e,  7:  42. 
/,  4:  23;  5:  37. 


('  1 1  A  P.  VI 1 1 .  I  BOOK    OF    MOSES.  47 

hundred  and  ninety-five  years,  and  begat  sons  and 
daughters ; 

11.  And  all  the  days  of  Lamech  were  seven  hun- 
dred and  seventy-seven  years,  and  he  died. 

12.  And  Noah  was  four  hundred  and  fifty  years 
old,  and  begat  Japheth  ;  and  forty-two  years  after- 
ward he  begat  Shem  of  her  who  was  the  mother  of 
Japheth,  and  when  he  was  five  hundred  years  old  he 
begat  Ham.5' 

13.  And  Noah  and  his  sons  hearkened*  unto  the 
Lord,  and  gave  heed,  and  they  were  called  the  sons 
of  God.* 

14 J  And  when  these  men  began  to  multiply  on 
the  face  of  the  earth,  and  daughters  were  born  unto 
them,  the  sons  of  men^  saw  that  those  daughters 
were  fair,  and  they  took  them  wives,  even  as  they 
chose. 

15.  And  the  Lord  said7  unto  Noah :  The  daugh- 
ters of  thy  sons  have  sold  themselves ;   for  behold 
mine  anger  is  kindled™  against  the  sons  of  men/1  for 
they  will  not  hearken0  to  my  voice. 

16.  And  it  came  to  pass  that  Noah  prophesied^ 
and  taught  the  things  of  God,  even  as  it  was  in  the 
beginning. 

17.4  And  the  Lord  saidr  unto  Noah:  My  Spirit9 
shall  not  always  strive  with  man/  for  he  shall  know 
that  all  flesh  shall  die;  yet  his  days  shall  be  an  hun- 
dred and  twenty  years;  and  if  men  do  not  repent.1' 
I  will  send  in  the  floods17  upon  them. 

18.  And  in  those  days  there  were  giants  on  the  *• 
earth,"7  and  they  sought  Noah  to  take  away  his  life ; 
but  the  Lord  was  with  Noah,  and  the  power  of  the 
Lord*  was  upon  him. 

fir,  Abraham  1:  11,  21-27.  h,  5:  17.  t,  6:  7.  7,  compare 
Genesis  6:  1,  2.  k,  5:  52.  I  1:  3.  ra,  6:  27.  n,  5:  52.  o, 
4:  4;  compare  5:  16.  p,  5:  10.  g,  compare  Genesis  6:  3.  r, 
verse  15.  8,  1:  15;  6:  34.  t,  Genesis  6:  3;  compare  TI  Nephi  26:  11; 
Ether  2:  15;  Doc.  andCov.  1:  33.  u,  compare  5:  8  v,  7:  34.  w, 
compare  Genesis  6:  4.  z,  Abraham  1:  18. 


48  PEARL  OF  GREAT  PRICE. 

19.  And  the  Lord  ordained^  Noah  after  his  own 
order,  and  commanded  him  that  he  should  go  forth 
and  declare  his  GospeF  unto  the  children  of  men, 
even  as  it  was  given  unto  Enoch.0 

20.  And  it  came  to  pass  that  Noah  called  upon 
the  children  of  men&  that  they  should  repent;0  but 
they  hearkened  not*7  unto  his  words; 

21.  And  also,  after  that  they  had  heard  him,  they 
came  up  before  him,   saying:    Behold,   we   are   the 
sons  of  God;e  have  we  not  taken  unto  ourselves  the 
daughters   of  men?     And   are  we   not   eating   and 
drinking,   and   marrying   and   giving   in   marriage?  ** 
And  our  wives  bear  unto  us  children,  and  the  same 
are  mighty  men,  which  are  like  unto  men  of  old, 
men  of  great  renown/     And  they  hearkened  not9' 
unto  the  words  of  Noah. 

22.  And  God  saw  that  the  wickedness  of  men 
had  become  great  in  the  earth;  and  every  man  was 
lifted  up  in  the  imagination  of  the  thoughts  of  his 
heart,  being  only  evil  continually.71 

23.  And  it  came  to  pass  that  Noah  continued  his 
preaching  unto   the   people,    saying:   Hearken,   and 
give  heed  unto  my  words ; 

24.  Believe   and    repent*    of    your    sins    and   be 
baptized'  in  the  name  of  Jesus  Christ,fc  the  Son  of 
God,*  even  as  our  fathers,  and  ye  shall  receive  the 
Holy   Ghost,™   that   ye   may  have  all  things   made 
manifest;  and  if  ye  do   not  this,  the  floods™  will 
come    in    upon    you;    nevertheless    they    hearkened 
not.0 

25.  And  it  repented  Noah/  and  his  heart  was 
pained  that  the  Lord  had  made  man  on  the  earth, 
and  it  grieved  him  at  the  heart. 

2/,  compare  6:  7.  z,  5:  58.  a,  6:  27,  32.  6,  5:  52.  c,  5:  8. 
d,  5:  16;  compare  4:  4.  e,  see  6:  7.  /,  compare  Genesis  6:  4.  fir, 
verse  20.  h,  compare  Genesis  6:  5.  i,  5:  8.  7,  6:  52.  k,  6:  52. 
I,  1:6.  m,  1:  24.  n,  see  7:  34.  o,  verse  20.  p,  see  verse  26; 
compare  Genesis  6:  6. 


t'UAP.  VIII.]  BOOK    OF    MOSES.  49 

'26.  And  the  Lord  said:  I  will  destroy  man*? 
whom  I  have  created,  from  the  face  of  the  earth, 
both  man  and  beast,  and  the  creeping  things,  and 
the  fowls  of  the  air;  for  it  repenteth  N"oah  that  I 
have  created  them,  and  that  I  have  made  them;  and 
he  hath  called  upon  me;  for  they  have  sought 
his  life.** 

27.  And  thus  Xoah  found  grace  in  the  eyes  of  the 
Lord;-9  for  Xoah  was  a  just  man,  and  perfect  in  his 
generation ;  and  he  walked  with  God/  as  did  also  his 
three  sons/  Shem,  Ham,  and  Japheth.v 

28.  The  earth  was  corrupt  before  God,  and  it  was 
filled  with  violence. 

29.  And  God  looked  upon  the  earth,  and,  behold, 
it  was  corrupt,  for  all  flesh  had  corrupted  its  way 
upon  the  earth. 

30.  And  God  said  unto  JSToah:  The  end  of  all 
flesh  is  come  before  me,  for  the  earth  is  filled  with 
violence,  and  behold  I  will  destroy  all  flesh  from  off 
the  earth.117 

q,  verse  30;  compare  Genesis  6:  7.  r,  verse  18.  8,  compare 
Genesis  6:  8,  9.  t,  6:  34.  u,  8:  12.  v,  compare  verses  28-30  in- 
clusive with  Genesis  6:  11-13  inclusive.  w,  verse  26. 


&-IA* 


" 


A    FAC-SIMILE    FROM    THE    BOOK    OF    ABRAHAM. 

No.  1. 


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EXPLANATION  OF  THE  ABOVE  CUT. 

Fig.  1.  The  Angel  of  the  Lord.  2  Abraham  fastened  upon  an  altar. 
3  The  idolatrous  priest  of  Elkenah  attempting  to  offer  up  Abraham 
as  a  sacrifice.  4.  The  altar  for  sacrifice  by  the  idolatrous  priests, 
standing  before  the  gods  of  Elkenab,  Libnaii,  Mahmackrah,  Korash, 
and  Pharaoh.  5.  The  idolatrous  god  of  Elkenah.  6.  The  idolatrous 
god  of  Libnah.  7.  the  idolatrous  god  of  Mahmackrah.  8.  The  idol- 
atrous god  of  Korash.  9.  The  idolatrous  god  of  Pharaoh.  10.  Abra- 
ham in  Egypt.  11.  Designed  to  represent  the  pillars  of  heaven,  as  un- 
derstood by  the  Egyptians  12.  Raukeeyang,  signifying  expanse,  or 
the  firmament  over  our  heads;  but  in  this  case,  in  relation  to  this 
subject,  the  Egyptians  meant  it  to  signify  Shaumau,  to  be  high,  or 
the  heavens,  answering  to  the  Hebrew  word  JShaumahyeem. 


THE   BOOK   OF  ABRAHAM. 
TK.YXSLATED  FROM  THE  PAPYRUS,  BY  JOSEPH  SMITH. 


Translation  of  some  ancient  Records,  that  have 
fallen  into  our  hands,  from  the  catacombs  of 
Egypt;  the  writings  of  Abraham  while  he  was 
in  Egypt,  called  the  Book  of  Abraham,  written 
by  his  own  hand,  upon  papyrus. 


CHAPTEE    I. 

1.  In   the  land  of  the   Chaldeans,®  at  the  resi- 
dence of  my  father,  I,   Abraham,  saw  that  it  was 
needful  for  me  to  obtain  another  place  of  residence; 

2.  And,  finding  there  was  greater  happiness  and 
peace  and  rest  for  me,  I  sought  for  the  blessings  of 
the  fathers,6  and  the  right  whereunto  I  should  be 
ordained0  to  administer  the  same;  having  been  my- 
self a  follower  of  righteousness,  desiring  also  to  be 
one  who   possessed  great  knowledge,   and   to   be   a 
greater  follower  of  righteousness,  and  to  possess  a 
greater  knowledge,  and  to  be  a  father  of  many  na- 
tions,^  a  prince  of  peace,   and  desiring  to  receive 

a,  verses  20,  29,  30;    Genesis  11:  28.     6,  verses  3,  4.         c,  compare 
Moses  8:  19.         d,  compare  Genesis  12:  2;    17:  6;    18:  18. 


0'2  PKAKL    OF    GREAT    PRICK. 

instructions,  and  to  keep  the  commandments  of  God, 
I  became  a  rightful  heir,  a  High  Priest,  holding  the 
right  belonging  to  the  fathers.^ 

3.  It  was  conferred  upon  me  from  the  fathers; 
it  came  down  from  the  fathers/  from  the  beginning 
of  time,  yea,  even  from  the  beginning,  or  before  the 
foundations  of  the  earth  to  the  present  time,  even 
the  right  of  the  first-born,  on  the  first  man/  who 
is  Adam,71  our  first  father,  through  the  fathers,  unto 
me. 

4.  I    sought    for    mine    appointment    unto    the 
Priesthood*   according   to   the   appointment  of   God 
unto  the  fathers  concerning  the  seed.-7' 

5.  My  fathers  having  turned  from  their  right- 
eousness, and  from  the  holy  commandments  which 
the  Lord  their  God  had  given  unto  them,  unto  the 
worshiping  of  the  gods  of  the  heathen,^  utterly  re- 
fused to  hearken  to  my  voice; 

6.  For  their  hearts  were  set  to  do  evil,  and  were 
wholly  turned  to  the  god  of  Elkenah,*  and  the  god 
of  Libnah,  and  the  god  of  Mahmackrah,   and  the 
god  of  Korash,  and  the  god  of  Pharaoh,™  king  of 
Egypt; 

7.  Therefore    they    turned    their   hearts    to    the 
sacrifice  of  the  heathen  in  offering  up  their  children 
unto  their  dumb  idols,  and  hearkened  not  unto  my 
voice,  but  endeavored  to  take  away  my  lifen  by  the 
hand  of  the  priest  of  Elkenah.     The  priest  of  Elke- 
nah  was  also  the  priest  of  Pharoah.0 

8.  Now,  at  this  time  it  was  the  custom  of  the 
priest  of  Pharaoh,  the  king  of  Egypt,  to  offer  up 
upon  the  altar  which  was  built  in  the  land  of  Chal- 
dea,  for  the  offering  unto  these  strange  gods,  men, 
women,  and  children. 

c,  verses  3,4.  f,  compare  Doc.  and  Cov.  84:  6-17.  g,  Moses  3:  7. 
h,  Moses  1:  34.  -i,  Moses  6:  7;  Doc.  and  Cov.  84:  14.  /,  compare 
Doc.  and  Cov.  84:  6-17.  k,  verse  7.  I,  verses  7,  13,  17,  29.  m, 
verse  9.  n,  verses  12, 15,  17,  30.  o,  verses  8, 10. 


CHAP.    I.]  BOOK    OF    ABRAHAM.  53 

9.  And  it  came  to  pass  that  the  priest  made  an 
offering  unto  the  god  of  Pharaoh/  and  also  unto 
the  god  of  Shagreel,  even  after  the  manner  of 
the  Egyptians.  Now  the  god  of  Shagreel  was  the 
sun. 

""  10.  Even  the  thank-offering  of  a  child  did  the 
priest  of  Pharaoh  offer  upon  the  altar  which  stood 
by  the  hill  called  Potiphar's  Hill,9  at  the  head  of 
the  plain  of  Olishem. 

11.  Now,  this  priest  had  offered  upon  this  altar 
three  virgins*"  at  one  time,  who  were  the  daughters 
of   Onitah,  one  of  the  royal   descent   directly  from 
the  Toins  of  Ham.s     These  virgins  were  offered  up 
because  of  their  virtue;  they  would  not  bow  down 
to  worship  gods  of  wood  or  of  stone,  therefore  they 
were  killed  upon  this  altar,,  and  it  was  done  after 
the  manner  of  the  Egyptians. 

12.  And  it  came  to   pass   that   the   priests  laid 
violence  upon  me,  that  they  might  slay  me  also/  as 
they  did  those  virginsM  upon  this  altar ;  and  that  you 
may  have  a  knowledge  of  this  altar,  I  will  refer  you 
to  the  representation  at  the  commencement  of  this 
record. 

13.  It  was  made  after  the  form  of  a  bedstead, 
such  as  was  had  among  the  Chaldeans,17  and  it  stood 
before  the  gods  of  Elkenah,  Libnah,  Mahmackrah, 
Korash,  and  also  a  god  like  unto  that  of  Pharaoh, 
king  of  Egypt.1*7 

14.  That   you   may   have   an    understanding    of 
these  gods,  I  have  given  you  the  fashion  of  them  in 
the  figures  at  the  beginning,  which  manner  of  the 
figures  is  called  by  the  Chaldeans,  Eahleenos,  which 
signifies  hieroglyphics. 

15.  And  as  they  lifted  up  their  hands  upon  me, 


p,  verse  6.         q,  verse  20.         r,  verse  12.         «,  Moses  8:  12.         t, 
verse  7.         u,  verse  11.         v,  verse  1.        to,  verse  6. 


51  PKAHL   OF   UKKAT    1'RLCE. 

that  they  might  offer  me  up  and  take  away  my  life,'' 
behold,  I  lifted  up  my  voice  unto  the  Lord  mv 
God/  and  the  Lord  hearkened  and  heard,  and  he 
filled  me  with  the  vision  of  the  Almighty,  and  the 
angel  of  his  presence  stood  by  me,2",  and  immediately 
unloosed  my  bands ; 

16.  And    his    voice    was    unto    me:      Abraham. 
Abraham,  behold,  my  name  is  Jehovah,0  and  I  have 
heard   thee,    and   have   come   down   to   deliver   thee, 
and  to  take  thee  away  from  thy  father's  house,  and 
from  all  thy  kins-folk,   into  a  strange  land  which 
thou  knowest  not  of  ;6 

17.  And    this    because    they    have    turned    their 
hearts  away  from  me,  to  worship  the  godr  of  Elke- 
nah,  and  the  god  of  Libnah,  and  the  god  of  Mah- 
mackrah,  and  the  god  of   Korash,  and  the  god  of 
Pharaoh,    king    of    Egypt;    therefore    I    have    come 
down  to  visit  them,  and  to  destroy  him  who  hath 
lifted  up  his  hand  against  thee,  Abraham,  my  son, 
to  take  away  thy  life.d 

18.  Behold,  I  will  lead  thee  by  my  hand,  and  I 
will  take  thee,  to  put  upon  thee  my  name,  even  the 
Priesthood^  of  thy  father,  and  my  power  shall  be  over 
thee/ 

19.  As  it  was  with   Noah^  so   shall   it  be  with 
thee;  but  through  my  ministry  my  name  shall  be 
known  in  the  earth  forever,  for  I  am  thy  God. 

20.  Behold,  Potiphar's  Hill'1  was  in  the  land  of 
IJr,   of   Chaldea.*      And  the  Lord  broke   down  the 
altar  of  Elkenah/  and  of  the  gods  of  the  land,  and 
utterly  destroyed  them,  and  smote  the  priest  that 
he  died;  and  there  was  great  mourning  in  Chaldea, 
and  also  in  the  court  of  Pharaoh;  which  Pharaoh 
signifies  king  by  royal  blood.  / 


z,  2:  13;  3:  20.         a,  2:  8;   com- 


x,  see  verse  7.          ?/,  Moses  1:  30.          2,  2:  13;  6:  zu.          a,  z:  »; 
pare  Moses  1:  3;    7:35.         6,2:3,6.         c,  verse  6.         d,  verse  7. 
Moses  6:  ~ 
i,  verse  1 


.  ,,. 

Moses  6:  7.         f,   Moses  8:  18.         g,  Moses  8:  19-27.         h,  verse  10. 
1;  2:1;  2:15;  3:1;  see  also  Genesis  11:  28,31.         j,  verse  6. 


CHAP.    I.]  BOOK    OF    ABRAHAM.  55 

21.  Now  this  king  of  Egypt  was  a  descendant 
from  the  loins  of  Ham,fc  and  was  a  partaker  of  the 
blood  of  the  Canaanites  by  birth. 

22.  From  this  descent  sprang  all  the  Egyptians, 
ami  thus  the  blood  of  the  Canaanites  was  preserved 
in  the  land. 

23.  The  land  of  Egypt  being  first  discovered  by 
a  woman,  who  was  the  daughter  of  Ham,  and  the 
daughter  of   Egyptus,   which   in  the   Chaldean   sig- 
nifies Egypt,  which   signifies  that  which  is   forbid- 
den. 

24.  When  this  woman  discovered  the  land  it  was 
under  water,  who  afterward  settled  her  sons  in  it; 
and  thus,  from  Ham,*  sprang  that  race  which  pre- 
served the  curse  in  the  land.m 

25.  Now  the  first  government  of  Egypt  was  es- 
tablished by  Pharaoh,^  the  eldest  son  of  Egyptus, 
the  daughter  of  Ham,  and  it  was  after  the  manner 
of  the  government  of  Ham,  which  was  patriarchal.0 

26.  Pharaoh,  being  a  righteous  man,  established 
his    kingdom    and    judged    his    people    wisely    and 
justly  all  his  days,  seeking  earnestly  to  imitate  that 
order  established  by  the  fathers  in  the  first  genera- 
tions, in  the  days  of  the  first  patriarchal  reign,  even 

in  the  reign  of  Adam,  and  also  of  Noah,  his  father,!  DJL^^- 
who  blessed  him  with  the  blessings  of  the  earth,  and  1  / 
with  the  .blessings  of  wisdom,  but  cursed  him  as  per- 
taining to  the  Priesthood. 

27.  Now,    Pharaoh^    being    of    that    lineage    by 
which  he  could  not  have  the  right  of   Priesthood, 
notwithstanding  the   Pharaohs  would  fain  claim  it 
from  Noah,  through  Ham,9  therefore  my  father  was 
led  away  by  their  idolatry;1' 

28.  But  I  shall  endeavor,  hereafter,  to  delineate 
the   chronology    running   back    from   myself   to   the 

A%  Moses  8:  12.         Z,  verse  21.         m,  compare  verse  26.         n,  verses 
26,  27.          o,  verse  26.          p,  verse  25.         q,  Moses  8:  12.          r,  verse  5. 


56  PEARL   OF  GREAT   PRICE. 

beginning  of  the  creation,  for  the  records*  have 
come  into  my  hands,  which  I  hold  unto  this  present 
time. 

29.  Xow,  after  the  priest  of  Elkenah  was  smit- 
ten that  he  died/  there  came  a  fulfilment  of  those 
things    which    were    said   unto    me    concerning    the 
land  of  Chaldea/*  that  there  should  be  a  famine  in 
the  land.v 

30.  Accordingly  a   famine   prevailed   throughout 
all   the  land  of  Chaldea,  and  my  father 'was  sorely 
tormented  because  of  the  famine,  and  he  repented 
of  the  evil  which  he  had  determined  against  me,  to 
take  away  my  life.1" 

31.  But  the  records  of  the  fathers/  even  the  pa- 
triarchs,   concerning   the   right   of    Priesthood/  the 
Lord  my  God  preserved  in  mine  own  hands;  there- 
fore a  knowledge  of  the  beginning  of  the  creation, 
and  also  of  the  planets,  and  of  the  stars/  as  they 
were    made   known    unto   the   fathers,   have   I    kept 
even  unto  this  day;  and  I  shall  endeavor  to  write 
some  of  these  things  upon  this  record,  for  the  bene- 
iit  of  my  posterity  that  shall  come  after  me. 


CHAPTER    II. 

1.  Now  the  Lord  God  caused  the  famine0  to  wax 
sore  in  the  land  of  Ur,  insomuch  that  Haran,  my 
brother,  died ;  but  Terah,  my  father,  yet  lived  in  the 
land  of  Ur,  of  the  Chaldees.* 

2.  And  it  came  to  pass  that  I,  Abraham,  took 

«,  compare  Moses  6:  5.  t,  verse  20.  u,  verse  20.  r,  verse  30; 
2:  1,  17.  w,  verse  7.  x,  compare  verses  28,  31;  Moses  6:  5.  ?/, 
Moses  6:  7.  z,  compare  chap.  3. 

« ,  1 :  29.         b,  1 :  20;  Genesis  1 1 :  28. 


CHAP.    II.]  BOOK   OF    ABRAHAM.  57 

Sarai  to  wife,  and  Xehor,  my  brother,  took  Milcah 
to  wife,  who  were  the  daughters  of  Haran.c 

3.  Now,  the  Lord  had  said  unto  me :  Abraham, 
get  thee  out  of  thy  country,  and  from  thy  kindred, 
and  from  thy  father's  house,  unto  a  land  that  I  will 
show  thee.d 

4.  Therefore  I  left  the  land,  of  Ur,  of  the  Chal- 
dees,e  to  go  into  the  land  of  Canaan/  and  I  took 
Lot,  my  brother's  son,  and  his  wife,  and  Sarai,  my 
wife;  and  also  my  father*7  followed  after  me,  unto 
the  land  which  we  denominated  Haran. ^ 

5.  And  the  famine  abated;  and  my  father  tar- 
ried in  Haran  and  dwelt  there,  as  there  were  many 
flocks  in  Haran;  and  my  father  turned  again  unto 
his  idolatry/  therefore  he  continued  in  Haran. 

6.  But  I,  Abraham,  and  Lot,  my  brother's  son, 
prayed  unto  the  Lord,  and  the  Lord  appeared  unto 
me,  and  said  unto  me:'"  Arise,  and  take  Lot  with 
thee;  for  I  have  purposed  to  take  thee  away  out  of 
Haran/"  and  to  make  of  thee  a  minister  to  bear  my 
name  in  a  strange  land  which  I  will  give  unto  thy 
seed  after  thee  for  an  everlasting  possession,  when 
they  hearken  to  my  voice. 

7.  For   I    am    the   Lord   thy    God;    I    dwell    in 
heaven;   the   earth   is   my   footstool/   I   stretch   my 
hand  over  the  sea,  and  it  obeys  my  voice;  I  cause 
the  wind  and  the  fire  to  be  my  chariot;  I  say  to  the 
mountains — Depart    hence — and    behold,     they     are 
taken   away   by    a   whirlwind,    in    an    instant,    sud- 
denly. 

8.  My  name  is  Jehovah,™  and  I  know  the  end 
from  the  beginning  \n  therefore  my  hand  shall  be 
over  thee. 


c,  Genesis  11:  29.  d,  compare  1:  16,  and  Genesis  12:  1 .  «,  verse 
1.  /,  compare  Moses  6:  41.  ri,  verso  1.  h.  comnare  verse  1;  see 
also  Genesis  11:  31;  12:  4.  i,  1:  5.  .?'.  Moses  1:  1.  A-,  verse  4. 
/,  Moses  6;  9,  w?,  1:  10,  /?,  CO::I;\-MV  Moses  1:  3. 


58  PEARL  OF  GREAT  PRICE. 

9.  And  I  will  make  of  thee  a  great  nation,0  and 
I  will  bless  thee  above  measure/  and  make  thy  name 
great  among  all  nations,  and  thou  shalt  be  a  bless- 
ing unto  thy  seed  after  thee,9  that  in  their  hands 
they  shall  bear  this  ministry  and  Priesthood''  unto 
all  nations; 

10.  And   I   will  bless  them  through  thy  name;i, 
for  as  many  as  receive  this  Gospel*'  shall  be  calledfl 
after  thy  name,    and   shall   be   accounted   thy   seed, 
and  shall  rise  up  and  bless  thee,  as  their  father. 

11.  And  I  will  bless  them   that  bless  thee,   and 
curse  them  that  curse  thee:  and   in  thee  (that  is,  in 
thy  Priesthood)  and  in  thy  seed,  (that  is,  thy  Priest- 
hood,) for  1  give  unto  thee  a  promise  that  this  right 
shall  continue  in  thee,  and  in  thy  seed  after  thee 
(that  is  to  say,  the  literal  seed,  or  the  seed  of  the  body  ) 
shall  all  the  families  of  the  earth  be  blessed/  even 
with   the   blessings   of   the    Gospel,1*   which   are   the 
blessings  of  salvation,*  even  of  life  eternal. 

12.  Xow,  after  the  Lord  had  withdrawn*'  from 
speaking  to  me,  and  withdrawn  his  face  From  me,   I 
said  in  my  heart:  Thy  servant  has  sought  thee  ear- 
nestly ;  now  I  have  found  thee ; 

13.  Thou  didst  send  thine  angel'r  to  deliver  me 
from  the  gods  of  Elkenah,  and  I  will   do  well   to 
hearken   unto   thy   voice,   therefore   let   thy    servant 
rise  up  and  depart  in  peace. 

14.  So    I,   Abraham,   departed  as  the   Lord  had 
said  unto  me,  and  Lot  with  me;^  and  1,  Abraham, 
was  sixty  and  two  years  old  when  I  departed  out  of 

&  I  Haran.- 

15.  And  I  took  Sarai,  whom  I  took  to  wife  when 

o,  1:2;  3:  14;  compare  Genesis  12:2.  p,  compare  Genesis  12: 
1-3;  15:  18;  I  Nephi  15:  18;  17:  40;  22:  9;  II  Nephi  29:  14;  III  Nephi 
20:  27;  Mormon  5:  20.  </,  compare  Genesis  12:  2.  r,  Moses  6:  7. 
s,  Moses  5:  58.  t,  compare  Genesis  12:  3;  18:  18;  22:  18;  20:  4. 
a,  Moses  5:  58.  r,  Moses  6:  59.  w,  Moses  1:9.  r,  1:  1C.  //, 
verse  6.  z,  verse  4, 


CHAP.    II.]  BOOK    OF    ABRAHAM.  59 

I  was  in  Ur,  in  Chaldea,a  and  Lot,  my  brother's 
son.,  and  all  our  substance  that  we  had  gathered, 
and  the  souls  that  we  had  won  in  Haran,  and  came 
forth  in  the  way  to  the  land  of  Canaan,6  and  dwelt 
in  tents  as  we  came  on  our  way; 

16.  Therefore,    eternity    was    our    covering    and 
our  rock  and  our  salvation,  as  we  journeyed  from 
Haran  by  the  way  of  Jershon,  to  come  to  the  land 
of  Canaan.c 

17.  Now  I,  Abraham,  built  an  altar  in  the  land 
of  Jershon,  and  made  an  offering  unto  the  Lord, 
and  prayed  that  the  famine^  might  be  turned  away 
from  my  father's  house,  that  they  might  not  perish. 

18.  And  then  we  passed  from  Jershon  through 
the  land  unto  the  place  of  Sechem;  it  was  situated 
in  the  plains  of  Moreh,  and  we  had  already  come 
into  the  borders  of  the  land  of  the  Canaanites,6  and 
I  offered  sacrifice  there  in  the  plains  of  Moreh,  and 
called  on  the  Lord  devoutly,  because  we  had  already 
come  into  the  land  of  this  idolatrous  nation. 

19.  And  the  Lord  appeared  unto  me  in  answer  j 
to  my  prayers,   and  said  unto  me :  Unto  thy  seed 
will  I  give  this  land/ 

20.  And   I,   Abraham,   arose  from  the   place  of 
the  altar  which  I  had  built  unto  the  Lord,  and  re- 
moved from  thence  unto  a  mountain  on  the  east  of 
Bethel,  and  pitched  my  tent  there,   Bethel   on  the 
west,  and  Hai  on  the  east;  and  there  I  built  another 
altar  unto  the  Lord,  and  called  again  upon  the  name 
of  the  Lord.-? 

21. h  And  I,  Abraham,  journeyed,  going  on  still 
towards  the  south;  and  there  was  a  continuation  of 
a  famine  in  the  land;  and  I,  Abraham,  concluded 


a,  verse  1.  b,  verse  4.  c,  compare  Genesis  12:  5.  d,  1:  29. 
e,  1:  21,  22;  compare  Genesis  12:  6.  /,  verse  6;  comnwe  Genesis  12: 
7;  13:  15;  17:  8.  cr,  Genesis  12:  8.  h,  compare  vlrses  21-25  in- 

clusive with  Genesis  12:  9-13  inclusive. 


60  PEARL    OF    GREAT    PRICE. 


to  go   down  into  Egypt,  to  sojourn  there,  for  the 
famine  became  very  grievous. 

22.  And  it  came  to  pass  when  I  was  come  near 
to  enter  into  Egypt,  the  Lord  said  unto  me :  Be- 
hold, Sarai,  thy  wife,  is  a  very  fair  woman  to  look 
upon ; 

23.  Therefore  it   shall  come  to  pass,  when  the 
Egyptians  shall  see  her,  they  will  say — She  is  his 
wife — and  they  will  kill  you,  but  they  will  save  her 

#A' alive;  therefore  see  that  ye  do  on  this  wise: 

24.  Let  her  say  unto  the  Egyptians,  she  is  thy 
sister,  and  thy  soul  shall  live. 

25.  And  it  came  to  pass  that  I,  Abraham,  told 
Sarai,  my  wife,  all  that  the  Lord  had  said  unto  me 

—Therefore  say  unto  them,  I  pray  thee,  thou  art 
my  sister,  that  it  may  be  well  with  me  for  thy  sake, 
and  my  soul  shall  live  because  of  thee. 


CHAPTEE    III. 

1.  And  I,  Abraham,  had  the  Urim  and  Thum- 
mim,a  which  the  Lord  my  God  had  given  unto  me, 
in  Ur  of  the  Chaldees  ;6 

2.  And   I   saw    the   stars,   that   they   were   very 
great,  and  that  one  of  them  was  nearest  unto  the 
throne  of   God;   and  there  were  many  great   ones 
which  were  near  unto  it; 

3.  And  the  Lord  said  unto  me:  These  are  the 
governing  ones;  and  the  name  of  the  great  one  is 
Kolob,c  because  it  is  near  unto  me,  for  I  am  the 

a,  verse  4;  compare  Writings  of  Joseph  Smith  2:  35,  59.  62;  Exodus 
28:  30;  Leviticus  8:  8;  Deuteronomy  33:  8;  Ezra  2:  63;  Nehemiah  7:  65; 
Omni  1:  20-22;  MosiahS:  13,  19;  21:  27-28;  28:  13-16;  Alma  37:  23-26; 
Ether  3:  23,  28;  4:  5;  Doc.  and  Cov.  10:  1;  17:  1;  130:  9.  6,  1:  20. 
c.  verses  9,  16;  5:  13. 


CHAP.    III.]  BOOK   OF   ABRAHAM.  61 

Lord  thy  God;  I  have  set  this  one  to  govern  all 
those  which  helong  to  the  same  order  as  that  upon 
which  thou  standest.^ 

4.  And  the  Lord  said  unto  me,  by  the  Urim  and 
Thummim,6  that  Kolob^  was  after  the  manner  of  the 
Lord,  according  to  its  times  and  seasons  in  the  revo- 
lutions thereof;  that  one  revolution  was  a  day  unto 
the  Lord,  after  his  manner  of  reckoning/  it  being 
one  thousand  years71  according  to  the  time  appointed 
unto  that  whereon  thou  standest.     This  is  the  reck- 
oning of  the  Lord's  time,  according  to  the  reckoning 
of  Kolob.* 

5.  And  the  Lord  said  unto  me :  The  planet  which 
is  the  lesser  light,  lesser  than  that  which  is  to  rule 
the   day,  even  the  night,  is  above  or  greater  than 
that  upon  which  thou  standest  in  point  of  reckoning, 
for  it  moveth  in  order  more  slow;  this  is  in  order 
because  it  standeth  above  the  earth  upon  which  thou 
standest,  therefore  the  reckoning  of  its  time  is  not 
so  many  as  to  its  number  of  days,  and  of  months, 
and  of  years. 

6.  And  the  Lord  said  unto  me:  Now,  Abraham, 
these  two  facts  exist/"  behold  thine  eyes  see  it;  it 
is  given  unto  thee  to  know  the  times  of  reckoning, 
and   the   set  time,   yea,   the   set  time   of   the   earth 
upon  which  thou  standest,  and  the  set  time  of  the 
greater  light  which  is  set  to  rule  the  day,  and  the 
set  time  of  the  lesser  light  which  is  set  to  rule  the 
night.* 

7.  Now  the  set  time  of  the  lesser  light  is  a  longer 
time  as  to  its  reckoning  than  the  reckoning  of  the 
time  of  the  earth  upon  which  thou  standest. 

8.  And  where  these  two  facts  exist,1  there  shall 
be  another  fact  above  them,  that  is,  there  shall  be 


d,  verse  7.  e,  verse  1.  f,  verse  3.  g,  compare  verses  7-9; 
5:  13.  h,  compare  Psalms  90:  4;  II  Peter  3:  8.  t,  verse  3.  j, 
verses  8,  16,  19.  k,  compare  Moses  2:  18.  /,  verse  6. 


A  FAC-S1MILB  FROM  THE  BOOK  OF  ABRAHAM. 

No.  2. 


EXPLANATION  OF  THE  FOREGOING  CUT, 

Fig.  1.  Kolob,  signifying  the  first  creation,  nearest  to  the  celestial, 
or  residence  of  God.  First  in  government,  the  last  pertaining  to  the 
measurement  of  time.  The  measurement  according  to  celestial  time 
which  celestial  time  signines  one  day  to  a  cubit.  One  day  in  Kolob  is 
equal  to  a  thousand  years,  according  to  the  measurement  of  this  earth, 
which  is  called  by  the  Egyptians  Jah-oh-eh. 

Fig.  2.  Stands  next  to  Kolob,  called  by  the  Egyptians  Oliblish,  which 
is  the  next  grand  governing  creation  near  to  the  celestial  or  the  place 
where  God  resides;  holding  the  key  of  power  also,  pertaining  to  other 
planets;  as  revealed  from  God  to  Abraham,  as  he  offered  sacrifice  upon 
an  altar,  which  he  had  built  unto  the  Lord. 

Fig.  3.  Is  made  to  represent  God,  sitting  upon  his  throne,  clothed 
with  power  and  authority;  with  a  crown  of  eternal  light  upon  his  head; 
representing  also  the  grand  Key-Words  of  the  Holy  Priesthood,  as  re- 
vealed to  Adam  in  the  Garden  of  Eden,  as  also  to  Seth,  Noah,  Melchise- 
deck,  Abraham,  and  all  to  whom  the  Priesthood  was  revealed. 

Fig.  4.  Answers  to  the  Hebrew  word  Raukeeyang,  signifying  ex- 
panse, or  the  firmament  of  the  heavens;  also  a  numerical  figure,  in  Egyp- 
tian signifying  one  thousand;  answering  to  the  measuring  of  the  tune 
of  Oliblish,  which  is  equal  with  Kolob  in  its  revolution  and  in  its  measur- 
ing of  time. 

Fig.  5.  Is  called  in  Egyptian  Enish-go-on-dosh;  this  is  one  of  the 
governing  planets  also,  and  is  said  by  the  Egyptians  to  be  the  Sun,  and 
to  borrow  its  light  from  Kolob  through  the  medium  of  Kae-e-vanrash, 
which  is  the  grand  Key,  or,  in  other  words,  the  governing  power,  which 
governs  fifteen  other  fixed  planets  or  stars,  as  also  Floeese  or  the  Moon, 
the  Earth  and  the  Sun  in  their  annual  revolutions.  This  planet  receives 
its  power  through  the  medium  of  Kli-flos-is-es,  or  Hah-ko-kau-beam,  the 
stars  represented  by  numbers  22  and  23.  receiving  light  from  the  revo- 
lutions of  Kolob. 

Fig.  6.  Represents  the  earth  in  its  four  quarters. 

Fig.  7.  Represents  God  sitting  upon  his  throne  revealing  through 
the  heavens,  the  grand  Key-Words  of  the  Priesthood;  as  also,  the  sign 
of  the  Holy  Ghost  unto  Abraham,  in  the  form  of  a  dove. 

Fig.  8.  Contains  writing  that  cannot  be  revealed  unto  the  world; 
but  is  to  be  had  in  the  Holy  Temple  of  God. 

Fig.  9.   Ought  not  to  be  revealed  at  the  present  time. 

Fig.  10.  Also. 

Fig.  11.  Also.  If  the  world  can  find  out  these  numbers,  so  let  it  be. 
Amen. 

Figures  12,  13,  14,  15  16  17  18,  19,  and  20,  will  be  given  in  the  own 
due  time  of  the  Lord. 

The  above  translation  is  given  as  far  as  we  have  any  right  to  give, 
it  the  present  time. 


64  PEARL  OF  GREAT  PRICE. 

another   planet   whose   reckoning   of   time    shall   be 
longer  still; 

9.  And  thus  there  shall  be  the  reckoning  of  the 
time  of  one  planet  above  another,  until  thou  come 
nigh  unto  Kolob,m  which  Kolob  is  after  the  reckon- 
ing of  the  Lord's  time  ;w  which  Kolob  is  set  nigh  unto 
the  throne  of  God,  to  govern  all  those  planets  which 
belong  to  the  same  order  as  that  upon  which  thou 
standest. 

10.  And  it  is  given  unto  thee  to  know  the  set 
time  of  all  the  stars  that  are  set  to  give  light,  until 
thou  come  near  unto  the  throne  of  God.0 

11.  Thus  I,  Abraham,  talked  with  the  Lord/  face 
to  f ace,^  as  one  man  talketh  with  another ;  and  he  told 
me  of  the  works  which  his  hands  had  made  ;r 

12.  And  he  said  unto  me:  My  son,  my  son,  (and 
his  hand  was  stretched  out,)  behold  I  will  show  you 
all  these.     And  he  put  his  hand  upon  mine  eyes,  and 
I  saw  those  things  which  his  hands  had  made,  which 
were  many;  and  they  multiplied  before  mine  eyes, 
and  I  could  not  see  the  end  thereof  .s 

13.  And   he   said   unto   me:    This    is    Shinehah, 
which  is  the  sun.     And  he  said  unto  me :   Kokob, 
which  is  star.     And  he  said  unto  me:  Olea,  which 
is  the  moon.     And  he  said  unto  me:  Kokaubeam,1 
which  signifies  stars,  or  all  the  great  lights,  which 
were  in  the  firmament  of  heaven. 

14.  And  it  was  in  the  night  time  when  the  Lord 
spake  these  words  unto  me:   I   will  multiply  thee, 
and  thy  seed  after  thee,1*  like  unto  these ;  and  if  thou 
canst  count  the  number  of  sands,  so  shall  be  the 
number  of  thy  seeds. 

15.  And   the   Lord   said   unto   me:   Abraham,    I 
show  these  things  unto  thee  before  ye  go  into  Egypt, 
that  ye  may  declare  all  these  words. 

m,  verse  3.  n,  verse  4.  o,  compare  verse  3.  p,  Moses  1:  2. 
q,  Moses  1:  2.  r,  verse  21;  compare  Moses  1 :  4.  s,  compare  Moses 
1:4;  7:10.  t,  verse  16.  u,  2:  9. 


CHAP.    III.]  BOOK    OF    ABRAHAM.  65 

16.  If  two  things  exist/*  and  there  be  one  above 
the  other,  there  shall  be  greater  things  above  them;^ 
therefore  Kolob^  is  the  greatest  of  all  the  Kokau- 
beamy   that   thou   hast   seen,   because   it   is   nearest 
unto  me. 

17.  Now,  if  there  be  two  things,  one  above  the 
other,  and  the  moon  be  above  the  earth,  then  it  may 
be  that  a  planet  or  a  star  may  exist  above  it;  and 
there  is  nothing  that  the  Lord  thy  God  shall  take  in 
his  heart  to  do  but  what  he  will  do  it. 

18.  Howbeit  that  he  made  the  greater  star;  as, 
also,  if  there  be  two  spirits,  and  one  shall  be  more 
intelligent  than  the  other,  yet  these  two  spirits,  not- 
withstanding one  is  more  intelligent  than  the  other, 
have  no  beginning;   they  existed  before,  they  shall 
have   no   end,   they   shall   exist   after,   for  they  are 
gnolaum,  or  eternal/ 

19.  And  the  Lord  said  unto  me :  These  two  facts 
do  exist,a  that  there  are  two  spirits,  one  being  more 
intelligent   than  the   other;   there   shall   be   another 
more  intelligent  than  they;  I  am  the  Lord  thy  God,  * 
I  am  more  intelligent  than  they  all. 

20.  The  Lord  thy  God  sent  his  angel  to  deliver 
thee  from  the  hands  of  the  priest  of  Elkenah.6 

21.  I   dwell  in  the  midst  of  them  all;   I   now, 
therefore,  have  come  down  unto  thee  to  deliver  unto 
thee  the  works  which  my  hands  have  made,c  wherein 
my   wisdom  excelleth   them  all,   for  I   rule   in   the 
heavens  above,  and  in  the  earth  beneath,  in  all  wis- 
dom and  prudence,  over  all  the  intelligences^  thine 
eyes  have  seen  from  the  beginning;  I  came  down  in 
the  beginning  in  the  midst  of  all  the  intelligences 
thou  hast  seen. 

22.  Now  the  Lord  had  shown  unto  me,  Abraham, 

v,  verse  6.  w,  compare  verse  8.  x,  verse  3.  y,  verse  13. 
2,  comnare  Doc.  and  Cov.  93:  23,  29.  a,  verse  6.  b,  1:  15.  c, 
verse  11.  d,  verse  22. 


()G  PEARL    OF    GREAT    PRICE. 

the  intelligences6  that  were  organized  before  the  world 
was;  and  among  all  these  there  were  many  of  the 
noble  and  great  ones ; 

23.  And  God  saw  these  souls  that  they  were  good, 
and  he  stood  in  the  midst  of  them,  and  he  said: 
These  I  will  make  my  rulers;  for  he  stood  among 
those  that  were  spirits/  and  he  saw  that  they  were 
good;  and  he  said  unto  me:  Abraham,  thou  art  one 
of  them ;  thou  wast  chosen*?  before  thou  wast  born. 

24.  And  there  stood  one  among  them  that  was 
like  unto  God,71  and  he  said  unto  those  who  were 
with  him:  We  will  go  down,  for  there  is  space  there, 
and  we  will  take  of  these  materials,  and  we  will 
make  an  earth  whereon  these  may  dwell ; 

25.  And  we  will  prove  them  herewith,  to  see  if 
they  will  do  all  things  whatsoever  the  Lord  their 
God  shall  command  them; 

26.  And  they  who  keep  their  first  estate  shall  be 
added  upon ;  and  they  who  keep  not  their  first  estate 
shall  not  have  glory  in  the  same  kingdom  with  those 
who  keep  their  first  estate  ;*  and  they  who  keep  their 
second  estate  shall  have  glory  added  upon  their  heads 
forever  and  ever. 

27.  And   the   Lord   said:   Whom   shall   I   send? 
And  one  answered  like  unto  the  Son  of  Man :  Here 
am  I,  send  me.     And  another  answered  and  said: 
Here  am  I,  send  me.;     And  the  Lord  said :  I  will 
send  the  first. 

2S.  And  the  second  was  angry ,k  and  kept  not 
his  first  estate;*  and,  at  that  day,  many  followed 
after  him. 

e,  verse  21.  /,  compare  Moses  3:  5.  g,  see  Moses  1:  25.  h,  com- 
pare Moses  2:  1.  i,  compare  verse  28;  Jude  6.  j,  see  Moses  4:  1,2. 
k,  Moses  4:  3.  I,  verse  26. 


CHAP.    IV.]  BOOK    OF    ABRAHAM.  67 


CHAPTER    IV." 

1.  And  then  the  Lord  said:   Let  us  go   down. 
And  they  went  down   at  the  beginning,  and  they, 
that  is  the  Gods,  organized  and  formed  the  heavens 
and  the  earth. 

2.  And  the  earth,  after  it  was  formed,  was  empty 
and  desolate,  because  they  had  not  formed  anything 
but  the  earth;  and  darkness  reigned  upon  the  face 
of  the  deep,  and  the  Spirit  of  the  Gods  was  brooding 
upon  the  face  of  the  waters. 

3.  And  they  (the  Gods)  said:  Let  there  be  light; 
and  there  was  light. 

4.  And  they  (the  Gods)  comprehended  the  lighL 
for  it  was  bright ;   and  they   divided  the  light,  (c>r 
caused  it  to  be  divided,  from  the  darkness. 

5.  And  the  Gods  called  the  light  Day,  and  the 
darkness  they  called  Night.     And  it  came  to  pass 
that   from   the   evening   until   morning    they   called 
night;  and  from  the  morning  until  the  evening  they 
called  day;  and  this  was  the  first,  or  the  beginning, 
of  that  which  they  called  day  and  night.6 

6.  And   the   Gods   also    said:    Let    there   be   an 
expanse   in   the  midst  of   the   waters,   and  it   shall 
divide  the  waters  from  the  waters. 

7.  And  the  Gods  ordered  the  expanse,  so  that  ii 
divided  the  waters   which  were  under  Ihe   expanse 
from  the  waters  which  were  above  the  expanse;  and 
it  was  so,  even  as  they  ordered.c 

8.  And   the   Gods   called   the   expanse,    Heaven. 
And  it  came  to  pass  that  it  was  from  evening  until 
morning  that  they  called  night;  and  it  came  to  pass 
that  it  was  from  morning  until  evening  that  they 

a,  compare  verse  by  verse    with    Moses  chap.  2,  and  with  Genesis 
chap.  1.  6,  compare  verses  8,  13,  19,  23,  31;   5:  2,  3.  c,  compare 

verses  10,  11,  12,  21,  24,  25,  31. 


68  PEARL  OF  GREAT  PRICE. 

called  day;  and  this  was  the  second  time  that  they 
called  night  and  day.^ 

9.  And  the  Gods  ordered,  saying :  Let  the  waters 
under   the   heaven   be   gathered   together    unto    one 
place,  and  let  the  earth  come  up  dry;  and  it  was  so 
as  they  ordered; 

10.  And  the  Gods  pronounced  the  dry  land,  earth ; 
and  the  gathering  together  of  the  waters,  pronounced 
they,  great  waters ;  and  the  Gods  saw  that  they  were 
obeyed.6 

11.  And  the  Gods  said:  Let  us  prepare  the  earth 
to  bring   forth  grass;   the   herb   yielding   seed;   the 
fruit  tree  yielding  fruit,  after  his  kind,  whose  seed 
in  itself  yieldeth  its  own  likeness  upon  the  earth ;  and 
it  was  so,  even  as  they  ordered/ 

12.  And  the  Gods  organized  the  earth  to  bring 
forth  grass  from  its  own  seed,  and  the  herb  to  bring 
forth  herb  from  its  own  seed,  .yielding  seed  after  his 
kind;  and  the  earth  to  bring  forth  the  tree  from  its 
own  seed,  yielding  fruit,  whose  seed  could  only  bring 
forth  the  same  in  itself,  after  his  kind ;  and  the  Gods 
saw  that  they  were  obeyed.5' 

13.  And  it  came  to  pass  that  they  numbered  the 
days ;  from  the  evening  until  the  morning  they  called 
night;  and  it  came  to  pass,  from  the  morning  until 
the  evening  they  called  day;  and  it  was  the  third 
time.'1 

14.  And  the   Gods   organized   the   lights   in  the 
expanse  of  the  heaven,  and  caused  them  to  divide 

J^  the  day  from  the  night;  and  organized  them  to  be 
for  signs  and  for  seasons,  and  for  days  and  for 
years ; 

15.  And  organized  them  to  be  for  lights  in  the 
expan  ^  of  the  heaven  to  give  light  upon  the  earth; 
and  it  >/as  so. 

d,  see  verse  5.     e,  see  verse  7.      /,  see  verse  7.      g,  see 
verse  7.      h,  see  verse  5. 


CHAP.    IV.]  BOOK    OF    ABRAHAM.  69 

16.  And  the  Gods  organized  the  two  great  lights, 
the  greater  light  to  rule  the  day,  and  the  lesser  light 
to  rule  the  night;  with  the  lesser  light  they  set  the 
stars  also; 

17.  And  the  Gods  set  them  in  the  expanse  of  the 
heavens,  to  give  light  upon  the  earth,  and  to  rule 
over  the  day  and  over  the  night,   and  to  cause  to 
divide  the  light  from  the  darkness. 

18.  And   the   Gods  watched  those  things  which 
they  had  ordered  until  they  obeyed. 

19.  And  it  came  to  pass  that  it  was  from  evening 
until  morning  that  it  was  night ;  and  it  came  to  pass 
that  it  was  from  morning  until  evening  that  it  was 
day;  and  it  was  the  fourth  time.^ 

20.  And  the  Gods  said :  Let  us  prepare  the  waters 
to  bring  forth  abundantly  the  moving  creatures  that 
have  life;  and  the  fowl,  that  they  may  fly  above  the 
earth  in  the  open  expanse  of  heaven. 

21.  And  the  Gods  prepared  the  waters  that  they 
might  bring   forth   great  whales,   and   every   living 
creature    that    moveth,    which    the    waters    were    to 
bring  forth  abundantly  after  their  kind;  and  every 
winged  fowl  after  their  kind.     And  the  Gods  saw 
that  they  would  be  obeyed/'  and  that  their  plan  was 
good. 

22.  And  the  Gods  said :  We  will  bless  them,  and 
cause  them  to  be  fruitful  and  multiply,  and  fill  the 
waters  in  the  seas  or  great  waters;  and  cause  the 
fowl  to  multiply  in  the  earth. 

23.  And  it  came  to  pass  that  it  was  from  evening 
until  morning  that  they  called  night;  and  it  came  to 
pass  that  it  was  from  morning  until  evening  that 
they  called  day ;  and  it  was  the  fifth  time.fc 

24.  And  the  Gods  prepared  the  earth  to  bring 
forth  the  living  creature  after  his  kind,  cattle  and 

i,  see  verse  5.    j,  see  verse  7.    k,  see  verse  5. 


70  PEARL    OF    GUI- AT    PiiiCE. 

creeping  things,  and  the  beasts  of  the  earth  after  their 
kind;  and  it  was  so,  as  they  had  said.* 

25.  And  the  Gods  organized  the  earth  to  bring 
forth  the  beasts   after  their  kind,  and  cattle  after 
their  kind,  and  every  thing  that  creepeth  upon  the 
earth  after  its  kind;  and  the  Gods  saw  they  would 
obey.m 

26.  And  the  Gods  took  counsel  among  themselves 
and  said:   Let  us  go   down  and  form  man  in  our 
image,   after  our  likeness;  and  we  will  give  them 
dominion  over  the  fish  of  the  sea,  and  over  the  fowl 
of  the  air,  and  over  the  cattle,  and  over  all  the  earth, 
and  over  every  creeping  thing  that  creepeth  upon  the 
earth. 

27.  So  the  Gods  went  down  to  organize  man  in 
their  own  image,  in  the  image  of  the  Gods  to  form 
they  him,  male  and  female  to  form  they  them. 

28.  And  the  Gods  said:  We  will  bless  them.    And 
the  Gods  said :  We  will  cause  them  to  be  fruitful,  and 
multiply,   and   replenish   the   earth,   and   subdue  it, 
and  to  have  dominion  over  the  fish  of  the  sea,  and 
over  the  fowl  of  the  air,  and  over  every  living  thing 
that  moveth  upon  the  earth. 

29.  And  the   Gods   said :    Behold,   we   will   give 
them  every  herb  bearing  seed  that  shall  come  upon 
the  face  of  all  the  earth,  and  every  tree  which  shall 
have  fruit  upon  it;  yea  the  fruit  of  the  tree  yielding 
seed,  to  them  we  will  give  it;  it  shall  be -for  their 
meat. 

30.  And  to  every  beast  of  the  earth,  and  to  every 
fowl  of  the  air,  and  to  every  thing  that  creepeth  upon 
the  earth,  behold,  we  will  give  them  life,  and  also  we 
will  give  to  them  every  green  herb  for  meat;  and  all 
these  things  shall  be  thus  organized. 

31.  And  the  Gods  said:  We  will  do  every  thing 
that  we  have  said,  and  organize  them;  and  behold, 

I,  see  verse  7.         m,  see  verse  7. 


CHAP.  V.]  BOOK   OF    ABRAHAM.  71 

they  shall  be  very  obedient.1*  And  it  came  to  pass 
that  it  was  from  evening  until  morning  they  called 
night ;  and  it  came  to  pass  that  it  was  from  morning 
until  evening  that  they  called  day;0  and  they  num- 
bered the  sixth  time.** 


CHAPTEE   V. 

1.°  And  thus  we  will  finish  the  heavens  and  the 
earth,  and  all  the  hosts  of  them. 

2.  And  the  Gods  said  among  themselves :  On  the 
seventh  time6  we  will  end  our  work,  which  we  have 
counseled;  and  we  will  rest  on  the  seventh  time  from 
all  our  work  which  we  have  counseled. 

3.  And   the   Gods   concluded   upon   the   seventh 
time/  because  that  on  the  seventh  time  they  would 
rest  from  all  their  works  which  they  (the  Gods)  coun- 
seled among  themselves  to  form;  and  sanctified  it. 
And  thus  were  their  decisions  at  the  time  that  they 
counseled  among  themselves  to  form  the  heavens  and 
the  earth. 

4.  And  the  Gods  came  down  and  formed  these 
the  generations  of  the  heavens  and  of  the  earth,  when 
they  were  formed  in  the  day  that  the  Gods  formed 
the  earth  and  the  heavens, 

5.  According  to  all  that  which  they  had  said  con- 
cerning every  plant  of  the  field  before  it  was  in  the 
earth,  and  every  herb  of  the  field  before  it  grew; 
for  the  Gods  had  not  caused  it  to  rain  upon  the  earth 
when  they  counseled  to  do  them,  and  had  not  formed 
a  man  to  till  the  ground. 

n,  see  verse  7.          o,  see  verse  5.          p,  compare  chap.  4,  verse  by 
verse,  with  Moses  chap.  2,  and  with  Genesis  chap.  1. 

a,  compare  verses  1-10  inclusive  with  corresponding  verses  of  Moses 
chap.  3,  and  Genesis  chap.  2.  6,  see  verse  3;    compare  3:  5. 

r.  see  verse  2. 


72  PEARL  OF  GREAT  PRICE. 

6.  But  there  went  up  a  mist  from  the  earth,  and 
watered  the  whole  face  of  the  ground. 

7.  And  the  Gods  formed  man  from  the  dust  of 
the  ground,  and  took  his  spirit,   (that  is,  the  man's 
spirit,)   and  put  it  into  him;  and  breathed  into  his 
nostrils  the  breath  of  life,  and  man  became  a  living 
soul. 

8.  And  the  Gods  planted  a  garden,  eastward  in 
Eden,  and  there  they  put  the  man,  whose  spirit  they 
had  put  into  the  body  which  they  had  formed. 

9.  And   out   of   the  ground   made   the    Gods   to 
grow  every  tree  that  is  pleasant  to  the  sight  and 
good  for  food;  the  tree  of  life,  also,  in  the  midst  of 
the  garden,  and  the  tree  of  knowledge  of  good  and 
evil. 

10.  There  was  a  river  running  out  of  Eden,  to 
water  the  garden,  and  from  thence  it  was  parted  and 
became  into  four  heads/* 

ll.e  And  the  Gods  took  the  man  and  put  him  in 
the  Garden  of  Eden,  to  dress  it  and  to  keep  it. 

12.  And  the  Gods  commanded  the  man,  saying: 
Of  every  tree  of  the  garden  thou  mayest  freely  eat, 

13.  But  of  the  tree  of  knowledge  of  good  and 
evil,  thou  shalt  not  eat  of  it;  for  in  the  time  that 
thou  eatest  thereof,  thou  shalt  surely  die.     Now  I, 
Abraham,   saw   that  it  was  after  the  Lord's  time/ 
which  was  after  the  time  of  Kolob;^  for  as  yet  the 
Gods  had  not  appointed  unto  Adam  his  reckoning.     < 

14.  And  the  Gods  said :   Let  us  make  an  help- 
meet for  the  man,  for  it  is  not  good  that  the  man 
should  be  alone,  therefore  we  will  form  an  help-meet 
for  him.7* 

15.*  And  the  Gods  caused  a  deep  sleep   to  fall 

.  d,  compare  verses  1-10  inclusive  with  corresponding  verses  of  Moses 
chap.  3,  and  Genesis  chap.  2.  e,  compare  verses  11-14  inclusive 

with  Moses  3:  15-18,  and  with  Genesis  2:  15-18,  inclusive.  /,  com- 
pare 3:  4.  <7,  3:  3.  h,  see  verse  21.  i,  compare  verses  15-19 
with  Moses  3:  21-25,  and  with  Genesis  2:  21-25,  inclusive. 


WRITINGS  OF  JOSEPH   SMITH. 


I. 


Ax  EXTRACT  FROM  A  TRANSLATION  OF  THE 
BIBLE. 

Being  the  twenty-fourth  chapter  of  Matthew, 
commencing  with  the  last  verse  of  the  twenty- 
third  chapter,  King  James'  Translation. 


1.  For  I  say  unto  you,  that  ye  shall  not  see  me 
henceforth  and  know  that  I   am  he  of  whom  it  is 
written  by  the  prophets,  until  ye  shall  say:  Blessed 
is  he  who  cometh  in  the  name  of  the  Lord, 
clouds  of  heaven,  and  all  the  holy  angels  with  him. 
Then  understood  his  disciples  that  he  should  come 
again  on  the  earth,  after  that  he  was  glorified  and 
crowned  on  the  right  hand  of  God. 

2.  And  Jesus  went  out,  and  departed  from  the 
temple;  and  his  disciples  came  to  him,  for  to  hear 
him,  saying :  Master,  show  us  concerning  the  buildings 
of  the  temple,  as  thou  hast  said — They  shall  be  thrown 
down,  and  left  unto  you  desolate. 

o.  And  Jesus  said  unto  them :   See  ye   not  all 


76  PEARL  OF  GREAT  PRICE. 

these  things,  and  do  ye  not  understand  them  ?  Verily 
I  say  unto  you,  there  shall  not  be  left  here,  upon  this 
temple,  one  stone  upon  another  that  shall  not  be 
thrown  down. 

4.  And  Jesus  left  them,  and  went  upon  the  Mount 
of  Olives.    And  as  he  sat  upon  the  Mount  of  Olives, 
the  disciples  came  unto  him  privately,  saying :  Tell 
us  when  shall  these  things  be  which  thou  hast  said 
concerning  the   destruction  of  the  temple,   and  the 
Jews;  and  what  is  the  sign  of  thy  coming,  and  of  the 

end  of  the  world,  (05)  the  destruction  of  the  wicked, 

which  is  the  end  ofuie  world  ? 

5.  And  Jesus  answered,  and  said  unto  them :  Take 
heed  that  no  man  deceive  you ; 

6.  For  many  shall  come  in  my  name,  saying — 1 
am  Christ — and  shall  deceive  many; 

7.  Then  shall  they  deliver  you  up  to  be  afflicted, 
and  shall  kill  you,  and  ye  shall  be  hated  of  all  nations, 
for  my  name's  sake ;  fati  f  { ( it 

8.  And  then  shall  many  be  ^ff ended J  and  shall 
betray  one  another; 

If       9.  And  many  false  prophets  shall  arise,  and  shall 

deceive  many ;    < 

I  o  10.  And  because  iniquity  shall  abound,  the  love 
of  many  shall  wax  cold ; 

11.  But  he  that  remaineth  steadfast  and  is  not 

"overcome,  the  same  shall  be  saved. 

;  ,f-  12.  When  you,  therefore,  shall  see  the  abomina- 
tion of  desolation,  spoken  of  by  Daniel  the  prophet, 
concerning  the  destruction  of  Jerusalem,  then  you 

~~> ehaH  stand  in  the  holy  place; /whoso  readeth  let  him 
understand. 

13.  Then  let  them  who  are  in  Judea  flee  into  the 
mountains ; 

14.  Let  him  who  is  on  the  housetop  fle^,  and  not 
return  to  take  anything  out  of  his  house ; 

15.  Neither  let  him  who  is  in  the  field  return 
bnck  to  take  his  clothes; 


I.]  WRITINGS   OF   JOSEPH    SMITH.  77 

16.  And  woe  unto  them  that  are  with  child,  and 
unto  them  that  give  suck  in  those  days ; 

17.  Therefore,  pray  ye  the  Lord  that  your  flight 
be  not  in  the  winter,  neither  on  the  Sabbath  day ; 

18.  For  then,  in  those  days,  shall  be  great  tribu- 
lations on   the  Jews,  and  upon   the  inhabitants  of 
Jerusalem,  such  as  was  not  before  sent  upon  Israel, 
of  God,  since  the  beginning  of  their  kingdom  until 
this   time;   no,   nor  ever   shall  be  sent  again  upon 
Israel. 

~^iQ.  All  things  which  have  befallen  them,  are 
only  the,  beginning  of  the  sorrows  which  shall  come 
upon  them. 

^-'L-,  20-  And  except  those  days  should  be  shortened, 
there  should  none  of  their  flesh  be  saved;  but  for 
the  elect's  sake,  according  to  the  covenant,  those  days 
shall  be  shortened. 

21.  Behold,  these  things  I  have  spoken  unto  you 
concerning  the  Jews;  and  again,  after  the  tribulation 
of  those  days  which  shall  come  upon  Jerusalem/  if 
any  man  shall  say  unto  you,  Lo,  here  is  Christ,  or 
there,  believe  him  not; 

22.  For  in  those  days  there  shall  also  arise  false 
Christs,   and   false   prophets,   and   shall   show   great 
signs  and  wonders,  insomuch,  that,  if  possible,  they 
shall  deceive  the  very  elect,  who  are  the  elect  accord- 
ing to  the  covenant. 

23.  Behold,  I  speak  these  things  unto  you  for  the 
elect's  sake;  and  you  also  shall  hear  of  wars,  and 
rumors  of  wars ;  see  that  ye  be  not  troubled,  for  all 
I  have  told  you  must  come  to  pass;  but  the  end  is 
not  yet. 

24.  Behold,  I  have  told  you  before. 

25.  Wherefore,  if  they  shall  say  unto  you :  Behold, 
he  is  in  the  desert ;  go  not  forth ;  Behold,  he  is  in  the 
secret  chambers ;  believe  it  not ; 

26.  For  as  the  light  of  the  morning  cometh  out 

9 


78  PEARL  OF  GREAT  PRICE. 

of  the  east,  and  shineth  even  unto  the  west,  and 
covereth  the  whole  earth,  so  shall  also  the  coming  of 
the  Son  of  Man  be. 

27.  And  now  I  show  unto  you  a  parable.     Be- 
hold,   wheresoever    the    carcass    is,    there    will    the 
^  eagles  be  gathered  together;  so  likewise  shall  mine 
elect   be   gathered    from    the    four   quarters    of   the 
earth.  u  , 

i          28.  And  they  shall  hear  of  wars,  and  rumors  of 
wars. 

29.  Behold  I  speak  for  mine  elerfs~«ake ;  for 
- ;/  nation  shall  rise  against  nation,  and  kingdom  against 
/  kingdom;  there  shall  be  famines,  and  pestilences, 

and  earthquakes,  in  divers  places. 

-  .  30.  And  again,  because  iniquity  shall  abound,  the 
)^Jove  of  many  shall  wax  cold;  but  he  that  shall  not  be 
J^Sovercome,  the  same  shall  be  saved. 

317~7tm^again,  this  Gospel  of  the  Kingdom  shall 
be  preached   in  all   the  world,   for  a  witness  unto  all 
»     |  nations,  and  then  shall  the  end  come,  or., the  destruc- 
tion of  the  wicked ; 

32.  And  again  shall  the  abomination  of  desola- 
^s  \    tion,  spoken  of  by  Daniel  the  prophet,  be  fulfilled. 

33.  And    immediately    after    the    tribulation    of 


-  A  those  days,  ^EeT  sun^hall  be  darkened,  and  the  moon 
shall  not  give  her  light,  and  the  stars  shall  fall 
from  heaven,  and  the  powers  of  heaven  shall  be 
shaken. 

34.  Verily,  I   say  unto  you,  this  generation,   in 
which  these  things  shall  be  shown  forth,  shall  not 
pass  away  TH*til  all  I  have  told  you  shall  be  fulfilled. 

35.  Although,  the   days  will   come,   that  heaven 
and  earth  shall  pass  away;  yet  my  words  shall  not 
pass  away,  but  all  shall  be  fulfilled. 

36.  And,  as  I  said  before,  after  the  tribulation 
of  those  days,  and  the  powers  of  the  heavens  shall 

t>  be  shaken ;  then  shall  appear  the  sign  of  the  Son  of 
Man  in  heaven,  and  then  shall  all  the  tribes  of  the 


I.]  AViUTINGS   OF    JOSEM    SMITH.  79 

earth  mourn;  and  they  shall  see  the  Son  of  Man 
coming  in  the  clouds  of  heaven,  with  power  and 
great  glory; 

37.  And  whoso  treasureth  up  my  word,  shall  not 
be  deceived,  for  the  Son  of  Man  shall  come,  and  he 
shall  send  his  angels  before  him  with  the  great  sound 
of   a   trumpet,   and   they   shall  gather   together   the 
remainder  of  his  elect  from  the  four  winds,  from  one 
end  of  heaven  to  the  other. 

38.  Now  learn  a  parable  of  the  fig  tree : — when  its 
3  Z,  branches  are  yet  tender,  and  it  begins  to  put  forth 

leaves,  you  know  that  summer  is  nigh  arHrarrch; 

39.  So  likewise,'/ mine  elect,  when  they'-  shall  see 
all  these  things,  they  shall  know  that  he  is  near,  even 
at  the  doors; 

f.  40.  But  of  that  day,  and  hour,  no  one  knoweth; 
no,  not  the  angels  of  God  in  heaven,  but  my  Father 
only. 

41.  But  as  it  was  in  the  days  of  Noah,  so  it  shall 
be  also  at  the  coming  of  the  Son  of  Man ; 

42.  For  it  shall  be  with  them,  as  it  was  in  the 
s  which  were  before  the  flood;  for  until  the  day 

that  Noah  entered  into  the  ark  they  were  eating  and 
drinking,  marrying  and  giving  in  marriage; 
*<^       43.  And  knew  not  until  the  flood  came,  and  took 
~  them  all  away ;  so  shall  also  the  coming  of  the  Son 
of  Man  be. 

44.  Then  shall  be  fulfilled  that  which  is  written, 
that  in  the  last  days,  two  shall  be  in  the  field,  the  one 
shall  be  taken,  and  the  other  left; 

45.  Two  shall  be  grinding  at  the  mill,  the  one 
shall  be  taken,  and  the  other  left ; 

46.  And  what  I  say  unto  one,  I  say  unto  all  men ; 
'  ^  watch,  therefore,  for  you  know  not  at  what  hour  your 

Lord  doth  come. 

47.  But  know  this,  if  the  good  man  of  the  house 
-"had  known  in  what  watch  the  thief  would  come,  he 

would  have  watched,  and  would  not  have  suffered 


3 
^L?7 


80  PEARL  OF  GREAT  PRICE. 

his  house  to  have  been  broken  up,  but  would  have 
been  ready. 

j.       48.  Therefore  be  ye  also  ready,,  for  in  such  an 
hour  as  ye  think  not,  the  Son  of  Man  cometh. 

49.  Who,   then,,  is  a  faithful   and  wise  servant, 
^      whom  his  lord  hath  made  ruler  over  his  household, 

to  give  them  meat  in  due  season? 

I,  50.  Blessed  is  that  servant  whom  his  lord,  when 

he  cometh,   shall  find   so   doing;   and  verily   I   say 
unto  you,  he  shall  make  him  ruler  over  all  his  goods. 

51.  But  if  that  evil  servant  shall  say  in  his  heart : 
[y  lord  delayeth  his  coming, 

52.  And  shall  begin  to  smite  his  fellow-servants, 
•  and  to  eat  and  drink  with  the  drunken, 

53.  The  lord  of  that  servant  shall  come  in  a  day 
;,  y  when  he  looketh  not  for  him,  and  in  an  hour  that  he 

is  not  aware  of, 

54.  And  shall  cut  him  asunder,  and  shatt  appoint 
O  him  his  portion  with  the  hyoocrites;  there  shall  be 

weeping  and  gnashing  of  teeth. 

55.  And   thus    cometh    the    end   of   the   wicked, 
according  to  the  prophecy  of  Moses,  saying:   They 
shall  be  cut  off  from  among  the  people;  but  the  end 
of  the  earth  is  not  yet,  but  by  and  by. 


"'    My 


II.]  WHITINGS   OF   JOSEPH   SMlTrf.  81 

II. 

EXTRACTS  FROM  THE  HISTORY  OF  JOSEPH  SMITH. 


1.  Owing  to  the  many  reports  which  have  been 
put  in  circulation  by  evil-disposed  and  designing  per- 
sons, in  relation  to  the  rise  and  progress  of  the  Church 
of  Jesus  Christ  of  Latter-day  Saints,  all  of  which  have 
been   designed  by   the   authors   thereof    to    militate 
against  its  character  as  a  Church  and  its  progress  in 
the  world — I   have  been  induced  to  write  this  his- 
tory, to    disabuse    the    public    mind,    and    put    all 
inquirers  after  truth  in  possession  of  the  facts,  as 
they  have  transpired,  in  relation  both  to  myself  and 
to  the  Church,  so  far  as  I  have  such  facts  in  my 
possession. 

2.  In  this  history  I  shall  present  the  various  events 
in  relation  to  this  Church,  in  truth  and  righteous- 
ness, as  they  have  transpired,  or  as  they  at  present    , 
exist,  being  now  the  eighth  year  since  the  organiza- 
tion of  the  said  Church. 

3.  I  was  born  in  the  year  of  our  Lord  one  thou- 
sand eight  hundred  and  five,  on  the  twenty-third  day 
of  December,  in  the  town  of  Sharon,  Windsor  county, 
State  of  Vermont.    My  father,  Joseph  Smith,  Senior, 
left  the  State  of  Vermont,  and  moved  to  Palmyra, 
Ontario   (now  Wayne)   county,  in  the  State  of  New 
York,  when  I  was  in  my  tenth  year,  ©  thereabouts.     ]  t° 
In  about  four  years  after  my  father's  arrival  in  Pal- 
myra, he  moved  with  his  family  into  Manchester,  in 

the  same  county  of  Ontario. 

4.  His  family  consisted  of  eleven  souls,  namely 
— my  father,  Joseph  Smith ;  my  mother,  Lucy  Smith 


82  PEARL  OF  GREAT  PRICE. 

(whose  name,  previous  to  her  marriage,  was  Mack, 
daughter  of  Solomon  Mack)  ;  my  brothers,  Alvin, 
(who  died  November  19th,  1824,  in  the  27th  year  of 
his  age),  Hyrum,  myself,  Samuel  Harrison,  William, 
Don  Carlos;  and  my  sisters,  Sophronia,  Catherine, 
and  Lucy. 

5.  Sqime  time  in  the  second  year  after  our  removal 
to  Manchester,  there  was  in  the  place  where  we 
lived  an  unusual  excitement  on  the  subject  of 
religion.  It  commenced  with  the  Methodists,  but 
soon  became  general  among  all  the  sects  in  that 
region  of  country.  Indeed,  the  whole  district  of 
country  seemed  affected  by  it,  and  great  multitudes 
united  themselves  to  the  different  religious  parties, 
which  created  no  small  stir  and  division  amongst 
the  people,  some  crying,  "Lo,  here !"  and  others, 
"Lo,  there !"  Some  were  contending  for  the  Meth- 
odist faith,  some  for  the  Presbyterian,  and  some  for 
the  Baptist. 

G.  For  notwithstanding  the  great  love  which  the 
converts  to  these  different  faiths  expressed  at  the 
time  of  their  conversion,  and  the  great  zeal  mani- 
fested by  the  respective  clergy,  who  were  active  in 
getting  up  and  promoting  this  extraordinary  scene 
of  religious  feeling,  in  order  to  have  everybody  con- 
verted, as  they  were  pleased  to  call  it,  let  them 
join  what  sect  they  pleased — yet  when  the  converts 
began  to  file  off,  some  to  one  party  and  some  to 
another,  it  was  seen  that  the  seemingly  good  feelings 
of  both  the  priests  and  the  converts  were  more 
pretended  than  real;  for  a  scene  of  great  confusion 
and  bad  feeling  ensued;  priest  contending  against 
priest,  and  convert  against  convert ;  so  that  all  their 
good  feelings  one  for  another,,  if  they  ever  had  any, 
were  entirely  lost  in  a  strife  of  words  and  a  contest 
about  opinions. 

7.  I  was  at  this  time  in  my  fifteenth  year.  My 
father's  family  was  proselyted  to  the  Presbyterian 


II. J  WRITINGS    OF    JOSEPH    SMITH.  83 

faith,  and  four  of  them  joined  that  church,  namely 
— my  mother  Lucy ;  my  brothers  Hyrum  and  Samuel 
Harrison;  and  my  sister  Sophronia. 

8.  During    this    time    of    great    excitement,    my 
mind  was  called  up  to  serious  reflection  and  great 
uneasiness;  but  though  my  feelings  were  deep  and 
often  poignant,   still  I   kept  myself  aloof  from  all 
these  parties,  though  I  attended  their  several  meet- 
ings as  often  as  occasion  would  permit.     In  process 
of  time  my  mind  became  somewhat  partial  to  the 
Methodist  sect,  and  I  felt  some  desire  to  be  united 
with   them;   but   so   great Cwcr^>  the  confusion   and 
strife   among   the    different   denominations,    that   it 
was  impossible  for  a  person  young  as  I  was,  and  so 
unacquainted  witli  men  and  things,  to  come  to  any 
certain    conclusion    who    was    right    and    who    was 
wrong. 

9.  My   mind   at  times  was  greatly  excited,   the 
cry  and  tumult  (weft?  so  great  and  incessant.    The 
Presbyterians  were  most  decided  against  the  Baptists 
and  Methodists,  and  used  all  the  powers  of  either 
reason  or  sophistry  to  prove  their  errors,  (6r)  at  least, 
to  make  the  people  think  they  were  in  error.     On  the 
other  hand,   the   Baptists   and  Methodists   in   their 
turn  were  equally  zealous  in  endeavoring  to  establish 
their  own  tenets  and  disprove  all  others. 

10.  In  the  midst  of  this  war  of  words  and  tumult 
of  opinions,  I  often  said  to  myself,  What  is  to  be  done  ? 
Who  of  all  these  parties  are  right;  or,  are  they  all 
wrong  together  ?    If  any  one  of  them  be  right,  which 
is  it,  and  how  shall  I  know  it? 

11.  While  I  was  laboring  under  the  extreme  diffi- 
culties  caused  by   the   contests   of   these   parties   of 
religionists,  I  was  one  day  reading  the  Epistle  of 
James,   first   chapter   and   fifth   verse,  which  reads: 
//  any  of  you  lack  wisdom,  let  him  ask  of  God,  that 
giveth  to  all  men  liberally,  and  upbraideth  not;  and 
it  shall  be  given  him. 


84  PEARL  OF  GREAT  PRICE. 

12.  Never  did  any  passage  of  scripture  come  with 
more   power   to    the   heart   of    man    than    this    did 
at  this  time  to  mine.    It  seemed  to  enter  with  great 
force  into  every  feeling  of  my  heart.     I  reflected  on 
it  again  and  again,  knowing  that  if  any  person  needed 
wisdom  from   God,    I    did;   for   how   to    act   I   did 
not  know,  and  unless  I  could  get  more  wisdom  than 
I  then  had,  I  would  never  know ;  for  the  teachers 
of  religion  of  the  different  sects  understood  the  same 
passages  of  scripture  so  differently  as  to  destroy  all 
confidence  in  settling  the  question  by  an  appeal  to 
the  Bible. 

13.  At  length  I  came  to  the  conclusion  that  I 
must  either  remain  in   darkness  and  confusion,   or 
else  I  must  do  as  James  directs,  that  is,  ask  of  God. 
I  at  length  came  to  the  determination  to  "ask  of 
God/'  concluding  that  if  he  gave  wisdom  to  them 
that  lacked  wisdom,  and  would  give  liberally,  and 
not  upbraid,  I  might  venture. 

14.  So,  in  accordance  with  this,  my  determina- 
tion to  ask  of  God,  I  retired  to  the  woods  to  make 
the  attempt.     It  was  on  the  morning  of  a  beautiful, 
clear  day,  early  in  the  spring  of  eighteen  hundred 
and  twenty.     It  was  the  first  time  in  my  life  that  I 
had  made  such  an  attempt,  for  amidst  all  my  anx- 
ieties I  had  never  as  yet  made  the  attempt  to  pray 
vocally. 

15.  After  I  had  retired  to  the  place  where  I  had 
previously   designed   to    go,    having    looked   around 
me,  and  finding  myself  alone,  I  kneeled  down  and 
began  to  offer  up  the  desires  of  my  heart  to  God. 
I  had   scarcely  done  so,  when  immediately   I   was 
seized  upon  by  some  power  which  entirely  overcame 
me,  and  had  such  an  astonishing  influence  over  me 
as  to  bind  my  tongue  so  that  I   could  not  speak. 
Thick  darkness  gathered  around  me,  and  it  seemed 
to  me  for  a  time  as  if  I  were  doomed  to  sudden 
destruction. 


II.]  WRITINGS   Otf   JOSEPH    SMITH.  85 

16.  But,  exerting  all  my  powers  to  call  upon  God 
to  deliver  me  out  of  the  power  of  this  enemy  which 
had  seized  upon  me,  and  at  the  very  moment  when 
I  was  ready  to  sink  into  despair  and  abandon  myself 
to   destruction — not   to   an   imaginary   ruin,   but  to 
the   power  of   some   actual  being  from  the   unseen 
world,  who  had  such  marvelous  power  as  I  had  never 
before  felt  in  any  being — just  at  this  moment  of  great 
alarm,  I  saw  a  pillar  of  light  exactly  over  my  head, 
above  the  brightness   of  the  sun,   which   descended 
gradually  until  it  fell  upon  me. 

17.  It  no  sooner  appeared  than  I  found  myself 
delivered   from   the   enemy   which  held   me   bound. 
When  the  light  rested  upon  me  I  saw  two  person- 
ages, whose  brightness  and  glory  defy  all   descrip- 
tion, standing  above  me  in  the  air.     One  of  them 
spake    unto    me,    calling    me    by    name,    and    said, 
pointing  to  the  other — This  is  my  beloved  Son,  hear 
him ! 

18.  My  object  in  going  to  inquire  of  the  Lord 
was  to  know  which  of  all  the  sects  was  right,  that  I 
might  know  which  to  join.     No  sooner,  therefore, 
did  I  get  possession  of  myself,  so  as  to  be  able  to 
speak,  than  I  asked  the  personages  who  stood  above 
me  in  the  light,  which  of  all  the  sects  was  right — 
and  which  I  should  join. 

19.  I  was  answered  that  I  must  join  none  of 
them,  for  they  were  all  wrong;  and  the  personage 
who  addressed  me  said  that  all  their  creeds  were  an 
abomination  in  his  sight;  that  those  professors  were 
all  corrupt;  that  "they  draw  near  to  me  with  their" 
lips,  but  their  hearts  are  far  from  me;  they  teach 
for    doctrines    the    commandments    of    men,    hav- 
ing a  form  of  godliness,  but  they  deny  the  power 
thereof/' 

20.  He  again  forbade  me  to  join  with  any  of  them ; 
and  many  other  things  did  he  say  unto  me,  which 
I  cannot  write  at  this  time.    When  I  came  to  myself 


86  PEARL    OF    GREAT    PRICK 

again,  I  found  myself  lying  on  my  back,  looking  up 
into  heaven. 

21.  Some  few  days  after  I  had  this  vision,  I  hap- 
pened to  be  in  company  with  one  of  the  Methodist 
preachers,  who  was  very  active  in  the  before  men- 
tioned  religious   excitement;    and,    conversing    with 
him  on  the  subject  of  religion,  I  took  occasion  to 
give  him  an  account  of  the  vision  which  I  had  had. 
I  was  greatly  surprised  at  his  behavior;  he  treated 
my  communication  not  only  lightly,  but  with  great 
contempt,  saying,  it  was  all  of  the  devil,  that  there 
were  no  such  things  as  visions  or  revelations  in  these 
days;  that  all  such  things  had  ceased  with  the  apos- 
tles,  and  that   there  would  never  be  any  more  of 
them. 

22.  I  soon  found,  however,  that  my  telling  the 
story  had  excited  a  great  deal  of  prejudice  against 
me  among  professors  of  religion,  and  was  the  cause 
of  great  persecution,  which  continued  to  increase; 
and  though    I    was   an   obscure   boy,   only  between 
fourteen  and  fifteen  years  of  age,  and  my  circum- 

*  if  stances  in  life  such  as  to  make  a  boy  of  no  conse- 
quence in  the  world,  yet  men  of  high  standing  would 
take  notice  sufficient  to  excite  the  public  mind 
against  me,  and  create  a  bitter  persecution;  and 
this  was  common  among  all  the  sects — all  united  to 
persecute  me. 

23.  It  caused  me  serious  reflection  then,  and  often 
has  since,  how  very  strange  it  was  that  an  obscure 
boy,  of  a  little  over  fourteen  years  of  age,  and  one, 
too,  who  was  doomed  to  the  necessity  of  obtaining  a 
scanty   maintenance  by   his   daily  labor,   should   be 
thought  a  character  of  sufficient  importance  to  attract 
the  attention  of  the  great  ones  of  the  most  popular 
sects  of  the  day,  and  in  a  manner  to  create  in  them 
a  spirit  of  the  most  bitter  persecution  and  reviling. 
But  strange  or  not,  so  it  was,  and  it  was  often  the 
cause  of  great  sorrow  to  myself. 


II.]  WRITINGS   OF  JOSEPH   SMITH.  87 

24.  However,  it  was  nevertheless  a  fact  that  I 
had  beheld  a  vision.    I  have  thought  since,  that  I  felt 
much  like  Paul,a  when  he  made  his  defense  before 
King  Agrippa,  and  related  the  account  of  the  vision 
he  had  when  he  saw  a  light,  and  heard  a  voice;  but 
still   there  were   but   few   who  believed  him;   some 
said  he  was  dishonest,  others  said  he  was  mad;  and 
he  was  ridiculed  and  reviled.     But  all  this  did  not 
destroy  the  reality  of  his  vision.     He  had  seen  a 
vision,  he  knew  he  had,  and  all  the  persecution  under 
heaven   could   not   make   it   otherwise;   and   though 
they  should  persecute  him  unto  death,  yet  he  knew, 
and  would  know  to  his  latest  breath,  that  he  had 
both  seen  a  light,  and  heard  a  voice  speaking  unto 
him,  and  all  the  world  could  not  make  him  think  or 
believe  otherwise. 

25.  So  it  was  with  me.     I  had  actually  seen  a 
light,  and  in  the  midst  of  that  light  I  saw  two  per- 
sonages, and  they  did  in  reality  speak  to  me;  and 
though  I  was  hated  and  persecuted  for  saying  that 
I  had  seen  a  vision,  yet  it  was  true  ;  and  while  they 
were    persecuting    me,    reviling    me,    and    speaking 
all  manner  of  evil  against  me  falsely  for  so  saying, 
I  was  led  to  say  in  my  heart  :  Why  persecute  me  for 
telling  the  truth? 

and  who  am  I 

does  the  world  think  to  make  me  deny 

actually  seen?     For  I  had  seen  a  vision;  I  knew  it, 

and  I  knew  that  God  knew  it,  and  I  could  not  deny 

it,    neither    dared    I    do   it,    at    least    I    knew    that 

by  so  doing  I  would  offend  God,   and  come  under 

condemnation. 

26.  I  had  now  got  my  mind  satisfied  so  far  as 
the  sectarian  world  was  concerned;  that  it  was  not 
my  duty  to  join  with  any  of  them,  but  to  continue 
as  I  was  until  further  directed.     I  had  found  the 

c»,  See  Acts,  chapter  26, 


n  my    ear  :        y  persecue  me    or 

h?     I   have  actually   seen  a  ^ision, 

that  I  can  withstand  God,  fop  why 

hink  to  make  me  deny  what  I  have 


88  PEARL  OF  GREAT  PRICE. 

testimony  of  James  to  be  true,  that  a  man  who  lacked 
wisdom  might  ask  of  God,  and  obtain,  and  not  be 
upbraided. 

27.  I  continued  to  pursue  my  common  vocations 
in  life  until  the  twenty-first  of  September,  one  thou- 
sand eight  hundred  and  twenty-three,   all  the  time 
suffering  severe  persecution  at  the  hands  of  all  classes 
of  men,  both  religious  and  irreligious,  because  I  con- 
tinued to  affirm  that  I  had  seen  a  vision. 

28.  During  the  space  of  time  which  intervened 
between   the   time   I   had   the   vision   and   the   year 
eighteen    hundred    and    twenty-three — having    been 
forbidden  to  join  any  of  the  religious  sects  of  the 
day,  and  being  of  very  tender  years,  and  persecuted 
by  those  who  ought  to  have  been  my  friends  and  to 
have  treated  me  kindly,  and  if  they  supposed  me  to 
be  deluded  to  have  endeavored  in  a  proper  and  affec- 
tionate manner  to  have  reclaimed  me, — I  was  left 
to  all  kinds  of  temptations;  and,  mingling  with  all 
kinds  of  society,  I  frequently  fell  into  many  foolish 
errors,  and  displayed  the  weakness  of  youth,  and  the 
foibles  of  human  nature;  which,  I  am  sorry  to  say, 
led  me  into  divers  temptations,  offensive  in  the  sight 
of  God. 

29.  In  consequence  of  these  things,  I  often  felt 
condemned  for  my  weakness  and  imperfections ;  when, 
on  the  evening  of  the  above-mentioned  twenty-first 
of  September,  after  I  had  retired  to  my  bed  for  the 
night,  I  betook  myself  to  prayer  and  supplication  to 
Almighty   God  for  forgiveness  of  all   my  sins  and 
follies,  and  also  for  a  manifestation  to  me,  that  I 
might  know  of  my  state  and  standing  before  him; 
for  I  had  full  confidence  in  obtaining  a  divine  mani- 
festation, as  I  previously  had  one. 

30.  While  I  was  thus  in  the  act  of  calling  upon 
God,   I   discovered  a  light  appearing  in  my   room, 
which  continued  to  increase  until  the  room  was  lighter 
than   at   noonday,    when   immediately   a   personage 


II.]  WRITINGS   OF   JOSEPH   SMITH.  89 

appeared  at  my  bedside,  standing  in  the  air,  for  his 
feet  did  not  touch  the  floor. 

31.  He  had  on  a   loose   robe  of  most  exquisite 
whiteness.     It    was    a    whiteness    beyond    anything 
earthly  I  had  ever  seen;  nor  do  I  believe  that  any 
earthly  thing  could  be  made  to  appear  so  exceed- 
ingly white  and  brilliant.     His  hands  were  naked, 
and  his  arms  also,  a  little  above  the  wrist;  so,  also, 
were  his  feet  naked,  as  were  his  legs,  a  little  above 
the  ankles.     His  head  and  neck  were  also  bare.     I 
could  discover  that  he  had  no  other  clothing  on  but 
this  robe,  as  it  was  open,  so  that  I  could  see  into  his 
bosom. 

32.  Not  only  was  his  robe  exceedingly  white,  but 
his  whole   person   was  glorious  beyond   description, 
and    his    countenance    truly    like    lightning.      The 
room  was  exceedingly  light,  but  not  so  very  bright 
as   immediately   around  his   person.     When   I   first 
looked  upon  him,  I  was  afraid;  but  the  fear  soon 
left  me. 

33.  He  called  me  by  name,  and  said  unto  me  that 
he  was  a  messenger  sent  from  the  presence  of  God  to 
me,  and  that  his  name  was  Moroni;  that  God  had  a 
work  for  me  to  do;  and  that  my  name  should  be 
had  for  good  and  evil  among  all  nations,  kindreds, 
and  tongues,  or  that  it  should  be  both  good  and  evil 
spoken  of  among  all  people. 

34.  He  said  there  was  a  book  deposited,  written 
upon  gold  plates,  giving  an  account  of  the  former 
inhabitants  of  this  continent,  and  the  source  from 
whence  they  sprang.     He  also  said  that  the  fulness 
of   the   everlasting   Gospel   was   contained  in   it,   as 
delivered  by  the  Savior  to  the  ancient  inhabitants ; 

35.  Also,   that  there  were  two   stones  in  silver 
bows — and  these  stones,   fastened  to  a  breastplate, 
constituted  what  is  called  the  Urim  and  Thummim 
— deposited  with  the  plates ;  and  the  possession  and 
use  of  these  stones  were  what  constituted  "§eers"  in 


* 

90  PEARL  OF  GREAT  PRICE. 

ancient  or  former  times;  and  that  God  had  prepared 
them  for  the  purpose  of  translating  the  book. 

36.  After  telling  me  these  things,  he  commenced 
quoting  the  prophecies  of  the  Old  Testament.     He 
first  quoted  part  of  the  third  chapter  of  Malachi, 
and  he  quoted  also  the  fourth  or  last  chapter  of  the 
same  prophecy,  though  with  a  little  variation  from 
the  way  it  reads  in  our  Bibles.     Instead  of  quoting 
the  first  verse  as  it  reads  in  our  books,  he  quoted 
it  thus: 

37.  For  behold,  the  day  cometh  that  shall  burn 
as  an  oven,  and  all  the  proud,  yea,  and  all  that  do 
wickedly,  shall  burn  as  stubble;  for  they  that  come 
shall  burn   them,  saith   the  Lord  of  Hosts,   that  it 
shall  leave  them  neither  root  nor  branch. 

38.  And  again,  he  quoted  the  fifth  verse  thus: 
Behold,  I  will  reveal  unto  you  the  Priesthood,  by  the 
hand  of  Elijah  the  prophet,  before  the  coming  of  the 
great  and  dreadful  day  of  the  Lord. 

39.  He  also   quoted  the   next  verse   differently: 
And  he  shall  plant  in  the  hearts  of  the  children  the 
promises  made  to  the  fathers,  and  the  hearts  of  the 
children  shall  turn  to  their  fathers;  if  it  were  not  so, 
the    whole    earth    would    be   utterly    wasted   at    his 
coming. 

40.  In  addition  to  these,  he  quoted  the  eleventh 
chapter  of  Isaiah,   saying  that  it  was  about  to  be 
fulfilled.     He  quoted  also  the  third  chapter  of  Acts, 
twenty-second "  and  twenty-third  verses,  precisely  as 
they   stand  in   our   New   Testament.    He  said   that 
that  prophet  was  Christ;  but  the  day  had  not  yet 
come    when    they    who    would    not    hear    his    voice 
should  be  cut  off  from  among  the  people,  but  soon 
would  come. 

41.  He  also  quoted  the  second  chapter  of  Joel, 
from  the  twenty-eighth  verse  to  the  last.     He  also 
said  that  this  was  not  yet  fulfilled,  but  was  soon  to 
t>e,     And  he  further  stated  that  the  fulness  of  the 


II.j  WRITINGS   OF   JOSEPH    SMITH.  91 

Gentiles  was  soon  to  come  in.  He  quoted  many 
other  passages  of  scripture,  and  offered  many  expla- 
nations which  cannot  be  mentioned  here. 

42.  Again,  he  told  me,   that   when   I   got  those 
plates  qf__which_  he_had_spokej^— for  the  time  that 
they   should   be   obtained   was    not   yet    fulfilled — I 
should  not   show   them  to  any  person ;   neither  the 

'breastplate  with  the  Ilrim  and  Thummim;  only  to 
those  to  whom  I  should  be  commanded  to  show 
them;  if  I  did  I  should  be  destroyed.  While  he 
was  conversing  with  me  about  the  plates,  the  vision 
was  opened  to  my  mind  that  I  could  see  the  place 
where  the  plates  were  deposited,  and  that  so  clearly 
and  distinctly  that  I  knew  the  place  again  when  I 
visited  it. 

43.  After   this   communication,   I   saw  the  light 
in   the   room  begin   to   gather   immediately   around 
the  person  of  him  who  had  been  speaking  to  me,  and 
it  continued  to  do  so,  until  the  room  was  again  left 
dark,  except  just  around  him,  when  instantly  I  saw, 
as  it  were,  a  conduit  open  right  up  into  heaven,  and 
he   ascended   till   he   entirely   disappeared,    and   the 
room  was  left  as  it  had  been  before  this  heavenly 
light  had  made  its  appearance. 

44.  I  lay  musing  on  the  singularity  of  the  scene, 
and  marveling  greatly  at  what  had  been  told  to  me 
by  this  extraordinary  messenger;  when,  in  the  midst 
of  my  meditation,  I  suddenly  discovered  that  my  room 
was  again  beginning  to  get  lighted,  and  in  an  instant, 
as  it  were,  the  same  heavenly  messenger  was  again 
by  my  bedside. 

45.  He  commenced,  and  again  related  the  very 
same  things  which  he  had  done  at  his  first  visit, 
without  the  least  variation ;  which  having  done,  he 
informed  me  of  great  judgments  which  were  coming 
upon  the  earth,  with  great   desolations  by  famine, 
sword,  and  pestilence;  and  that  these  grievous  judg- 
ments would  come  on  the  earth  in  this  generation, 

7 


92  PEARL  OF  GUEAT  ruieiL 

Having  related  these  things,  he  again  ascended  as  he 
had  done  before. 

46.  By  this  time,  so  deep  were  the  impressions 
made  on  my  mind,  that  sleep  had  fled  from  my  eyes, 
and  I  lay  overwhelmed  in  astonishment  at  what  I 
had  both  seen  and  heard.     But  what  was  my  sur- 
prise when  again  I  beheld  the  same  messenger  at  my 
bedside,  and  heard  him  rehearse  or  repeat  over  again 
to  me  the  same  things  as  before;  and  added  a  cau- 
tion  to    me,    telling    me   that    Satan   would    try   to 
tempt  me,    (in  consequence  of  the  indigent  circum- 
stances of  my  father's  family),  to  get  the  plates  for 
the  purpose  of  getting  rich.     This  he  forbade  me,' 
saying  that  I  must  have  no  other  object  in  view  in 
getting  the  plates  but  to  glorify  God,  and  must  not 
be    influenced   by    any    other   motive    than    that    of 
building  his   kingdom;   otherwise   I   could   not   get 
them. 

47.  After  this  third  visit,  he  again  ascended  into 
heaven  as  before,  and  I  was  again  left  to  ponder 
on  the  strangeness  of  what  I  had  just  experienced; 
when   almost  immediately   after  the  heavenly   mes- 
senger had  ascended  from  me  for  the  third  time,  the 
cock  crowed,  and  I  found  that  day  was  approaching, 
so  that  our  interviews  must  have  occupied  the  whole 
of  that  night. 

48.  I  shortly  after  arose  from  my  bed,  and,  as 
usual,  went  to  the  necessary  labors  of  the  day;  but, 
in  attempting  to  work  as  at  other  times,  I  found  my 

-  strength  so  exhausted  as  to  render  me  entirely  unable. 
My  father,  who  was  laboring  along  with  me,  discov- 
ered something  to  be  wrong  with  me,  and  told  me  to 
go  home.  I  started  with  the  intention  of  going  to 
the  house ;  but,  in  attempting  to  cross  the  fence  out 
of  the  field  where  we  were,  my  strength  entirely  failed 
me,  and  I  fell  helpless  on  the  ground,  and  for  a  time 
was  quite  unconscious  of  anything. 

49.  The  first  thing  that  I  can  recollect  was  a 


II.]  WRITINGS   OF   JOSEPH    SMITH.  93 

voice  speaking  unto  me,  calling  me  by  name.  I 
looked  up,  and  beheld  the  same  messenger  standing 
over  my  head,  surrounded  by  light  as  before*  He 
then  again  related  unto  me  all  that  he  had  related 
to  me  the  previous  night,  and  commanded  me  to  go 
to  my  father  and  tell  him  of  the  vision  and  com- 
mandments which  I  had  received. 

50.  I   obeyed;   I   returned  to   my   father   in  the 
field,  and  rehearsed  the  whole  matter  to  him.     He 
replied  to  me  that  it  was  of  God,  and  told  me  to  go 
and  do  as  commanded  by  the  messenger.     I  left  the 
field,   and  went  to   the   place   where   the   messenger 
had  told  me  the  plates  were  deposited ;  and  owing 
to  the  distinctness  of  the  vision  which   I  had  had 
concerning  it,  I  knew  the  place  the  instant  that  I 
arrived  there. 

51.  Convenient    to    the    village    of    Manchester, 
Ontario  county,  Xew  York,  stands  a  hill  of  consid- 
erable  size,   and   the   most  elevated   of   any   in   the 
neighborhood.     On  the  west  side  of  this  hill,  not 
far  from  the  top,  under  a  stone  of  considerable  size, 
lay  the  plates,  deposited  in  a  stone  box.     This  stone 
was  thick  and  rounding  in  the  middle  on  the  upper 
side,  and  thinner  towards  the  edges,  so  that  the  mid- 
dle part  of  it  was  visible  above  the  ground,  but  the 
edge  all  around  was  covered  with  earth. 

52.  Having  removed  the  earth,  I  obtained  a  lever, 
which  I  got  fixed  under  the  edge  of  the  stone,  and 
with  a  little  exertion  raised  it  up.     I  looked  in,  and 
there  indeed  did  I  behold  the  plates,  the  Urim  and 
Thummim,  and  the  breastplate,  as  stated  by  the  mes- 
senger.    The  box  in  which  they  lay  was  formed  by 
laying  stones  together  in  some  kind  of  cement.     In 
the  bottom  of  the  box  were  laid  two  stones  crossways 
of  the  box,  and  on  these  stones  lay  the  plates  and  the 
other  things  with  them. 

53.  I  made  an  attempt  to  take  them  out,  but 
was   forbidden  by   the  messenger,   and   was   again 


94  PEARL  OF  GREAT  PRICE. 

informed  that  the  time  for  bringing  them  forth  had 
not  yet  arrived,  neither  would  it,  until  four  years 
from  that  time;  but  he  told  me  that  I  should  come 
to  that  place  precisely  in  one  year  from  that  time,  and 
that  he  would  there  meet  with  me,  and  that  I  should 
continue  to  do  so  until  the  time  should  come  for 
obtaining  the  plates. 

54.  Accordingly,   as   I   had  been   commanded,   I 
went  at  the  end  of  each  year,  and  at  each  time  I 
found  the  same  messenger  there,  and  received  instruc- 
tion and  intelligence  from  him  at  each  of  our  inter- 
views, respecting  what  the  Lord  was  going  to  do,  and 
how  and  in  what  manner  his  kingdom  was  to  be 
conducted  in  the  last  days. 

55.  As  my  father's  worldly   circumstances   were 
very  limited,  we^were  under  the  necessity  of  laboring 
with  our  hands,  hiring  out  by  day's  work  and  other- 
wise, as  we  could  get  opportunity.      Sometimes  we 
were  at  home,  and  sometimes  abroad,  and  by  con- 
tinuous labor,   were   enabled   to   get   a   comfortable 
maintenance. 

56.  In   the  year   1824   my   father's  family  met 
with   a   great   affliction  by  the   death   of   my  eldest 
brother,  Alvin.     In  the  month  of  October,  1825,  I 
hired  with  an  old  gentleman  by  the  name  of  Josiah 
Stoal,  who  lived  in  Chenango  county,  state  of  New 
York.     He  had  heard  something  of  a   silver  mine 
having  been  opened  by  the  Spaniards  in  Harmony, 
Susquehanna    county,    state    of    Pennsylvania;    and 
had,  previous  to  my  hiring  to  him,  been  digging,  in 
order,  if   possible,  to   discover  the  mine.     After  I 
went  to  live  with  him,  he  took  me,  with  the  rest  of 
his  hands,  to  dig  for  the  silver  mine,   at  which  I 
continued  to  work  for  nearly  a  month,  without  suc- 
cess in  our  undertaking,  and  finally  I  prevailed  with 
the  old  gentleman  to  cease  digging  after  it.     Hence 
arose  the  very  prevalent  story  of  my  having  been  a 
money-digger. 


II.]  WiUTiXGS   OF   JOSEPH   SMITH.  95 

57.  During  the  time  that  I  was  thus  employed, 
I  was  put  to  board  with  a  Mr.  Isaac  Hale,  of  that 
place;  it  was  there  I  first  saw  my  wife  (his  daugh- 
ter), Emma  Hale.     On  the  18th' of  January,  1827, 
we  were  married,  while  I  was  yet  employed  in  the 
service  of  Mr.  Stoal. 

58.  Owing   to   my   continuing   to   assert   that   I 
had  seen  a  vision,  persecution  still  followed  me,  and 
my  wife's  father's  family  were  very  much  opposed 
to  our  being  married.     I  was,  therefore,  under  the 
necessity  of  taking  her  elsewhere;  so  we  went  and 
were   married   at   the   house    of    Squire   Tarbill,    in 
South    Bainbridge,    Chenango    county,    New    York. 
Immediately  after  my  marriage,  I  left  Mr.  StoaPs, 
and  went  to  my  father's,  and  farmed  with  him  that 
season. 

59.  At  length  the  time  arrived  for  obtaining  the 
plates,   the   Urim   and   Thummim,   and   the   breast- 
plate.    On  the  twenty-second  day  of  September,  one 
thousand   eight  hundred   and   twenty-seven,   having 
gone   as  usual   at   the  end   of   another  year  to   the 
place  where  they  were  deposited,  the  same  heavenly 
messenger  delivered  them  up  to  me  with  this  charge : 
that    I    should    be    responsible    for    them;    that    if 
I    should   let   them   go    carelessly,   or   through   any 
neglect  of  mine,  I  should  be  cut  off;  but  that  if  I 
would  use  all  my  endeavors  to  preserve  them,  until 
he,  the  messenger,  should  call  for  them,  they  should 
be  protected. 

60.  I    soon    found   out   the    reason    why    I    had 
received  such  strict  charges  to  keep  them  safe,  and 
why  it  was  that  the  messenger  had  said  that  when  I 
had  done  what  was  required  at  my  hand,  he  would 
call  for  them.  v  For  no  sooner  was  it  known  that  I 
had  them,   than  the  most  strenuous  exertions  were 
used  to  get  them  from  me.     Every  stratagem  that 
could  be  invented  was  resorted  to  for  that  purpose. 
The  persecution  became  more  bitter  and  severe  than 


96  PEARL  OF  GREAT  PRICE. 

before,  and  multitudes  were  on  the  alert  continually 
to  get  them  from  me  if  possible.  But  by  the  wisdom 
of  God,  they  remained  safe  in  my  hands,  until  I  had 
accomplished  by  them  what  was  required  at  my  hand. 
When,  according  to  arrangements,  the  messenger 
called  for  them,  I  delivered  them  up  to  him;  and 
he  has  them  in  his  charge  until  this  day,  being  the 
second  day  of  May,  one  thousand  eight  hundred  and 
thirty-eight. 

61.  The  excitement,  however,  still  continued,  and 
rumor  with  her  thousand  tongues  was  all  the  time 
employed  in  circulating  falsehoods  about  my  father's 
family,   and  about  myself.     If   I   were  to  relate   a 
thousandth    part    of    them,    it    would    fill    up    vol- 
umes.    The  persecution,   however,  became   so   intol- 
erable   that    I    was    under    the    necessity    of    leav- 
ing  Manchester,  and  going  with  my  wife  to   Sus- 
quehanna    county,    in    the    state    of    Pennsylvania. 
While  preparing  to  start, — being  very  poor,  and  the 
persecution   so   heavy   upon    us    that   there   was    no 
probability   that   we   would   ever  be   otherwise, — in 
the  midst  of  our  afflictions  we  found  a  friend  in  a 
gentleman  by  the  name  of  Martin  Harris,  who  came 
to  us  and  gave  me  fifty  dollars  to  assist  us  on  our 
journey.      Mr.    Harris   was   a   resident    of   Palmyra 
township,  Wayne  county,  in  the  state  of  New  York, 
and  a  farmer  of  respectability. 

62.  By  this  timely  aid  was  I   enabled  to   reach 
the  place  of  my  destination  in  Pennsylvania;  and 
immediately   after   my    arrival   there    I    commenced 
copying  the  characters  off  the  plates.     I  Copied  a 
considerable  number  of  them,  and  by  means  of  the 
Urim   and   Thummim   I   translated   some   of   them, 
which  I  did  between  the  time  I  arrived  at  the  house 
of  my  wife's  father,  in  the  month  of  December,  and 
the  February  following. 

63.  Sometime   in   this   month   of   February,   the 
aforementioned    Mr.    Martin    Harris    came    to    our 


II.]  WRITINGS   OF   JOSEPH    SMITH.  97 

place,  got  the  characters  which  I  had  drawn  off  the 
plates,  and  started  with  them  to  the  city  of  New 
York.  For  what  took  place  relative  to  him  and  the 
characters,  I  refer  to  his  own  account  of  the  circum- 
stances, as  he  related  them  to  me  after  his  return, 
which  was  as  follows : 

G4.  I  went  to  the  city  of  New  York,  and  pre- 
sented the  characters  which  had  been  translated, 
with  the  translation  thereof,  to  Professor  Charles 
Anthon,  a  gentleman  celebrated  for  his  literary 
attainments.  Professor  Anthon  stated  that  the 
translation  was  correct,  more  so  than  any  he  had 
before  seen  translated  from  the  Egyptian.  I  then 
showed  him  those  which  were  not  yet  translated,  and 
he  said  that  they  were  Egyptian,  Clialdaic,  Assyriac, 
and  Arabic;  and  he  said  they  were  true  characters. 
He  gave  me  a  certificate,  certifying  to  the  people  of 
Palmyra  that  they  were  true  characters,  and  that 
the  translation  of  such  of  them  as  had  been  trans- 
lated were  also  correct.  I  took  the  certificate  and 
put  it  into .  my  pocket,  and  was  just  leaving  the 
house,  when  Mr.  Anthon  called  me  back,  and  asked 
me  how  the  young  man  found  out  that  there  were 
gold  plates  in  the  place  where  he  found  them.  I 
answered  that  an  angel  of  God  had  revealed  it  unto 
him. 

65.  He  then  said  to  me,  "Let  me  see  that  cer- 
tificate/' I  accordingly  took  it  out  of  my  pocket 
and  gave  it  to  him,  when  he  took  it  and  tore  it  to 
pieces,  saying  that  there  was  no  such  thing  now  as 
ministering  of  angels,  and  that  if  I  would  bring  the 
plates  to  him,  he  would  translate  them.  I  informed 
him  that  part  of  the  plates  were  sealed,  and  that  I 
was  forbidden  to  bring  them.  He  replied,  "I  can- 
not read  a  sealed  book."  I  left  him  and  went  to  Dr. 
Mitchell,  who  sanctioned  what  Professor  Anthon 
had  said  respecting  both  the  characters  and  the 
translation. 


98  PEARL    OF    GKEAT    PRICE. 

66.  On  the  5th  day  of  April,  1829,  Oliver  Cow- 
dery   came   to   my   house,   until   which   time    I   had 
never  seen  him.     He  stated  to  me  that  having  been 
teaching    school    in    the    neighborhood    where    my 
father  resided,  and  my  father  being  one  of  those  who 
sent  to  the  school,  he  went  to  board  for  a  season  at 
his  house,  and  while  there  the  family  related  to  him 
the  circumstance  of  my  having  received  the  plates, 
and    accordingly    he    had    come   to    make    inquiries 
of   me. 

67.  Two  days  after  the  arrival  of  Mr.  Cowdery 
(being  the  7th  of  April)   I  commenced  to  translate 
the  Book  of  Mormon,  and  he  began  to  write  for  me. 

68.  AVe  still  continued  the  work  of  translation, 
when,  in  the  ensuing  month   (May,  1829),  we  on  a 
certain  day  went  into  the  woods  to  pray  and  inquire 
of  the  Lord  respecting  baptism  for  the  remission  of 
sins,  that  we  found  mentioned  in  the  translation  of 
the  plates.     While  we  were  thus  employed,  praying 
and  calling  upon  the  Lord,  a  messenger  from  heaven 
descended  in  a  cloud  of  light,  and  having  laid  his 
hands  upon  us,  he  ordained  us,  saying : 

69.  Upon  you  my  fellow  servants,  in  the  name 
of  Messiah,  I  confer  the  Priesthood  of  Aaron,  ivhich 
holds  the  keys  of  the  ministering  of  angels,  and  of 
the  Gospel  of  repentance,  and  of  baptism  l)ij  immer- 
sion for  the  remission  of  sins;  and  this  shall  never 
be  taken  again  from  the  earth,  until  the  sons  of  Levi 
do  offer  again  an  offering  unto  the  Lord  in  right- 
eousness. 

70.  He  said  this  Aaronic  Priesthood  had  not  the 
power  of  laying  on  hands  for  the  gift  of  the  Holy 
Ghost,  but  that  this  should  be  conferred  orf  us  here- 
after; and  he  commanded  us  to  go  and  be  baptized, 
and  gave  us  directions  that  I  should  baptize  Oliver 
Cowdery,    and    that   afterwards   he    should   baptize 
me. 

71.  Accordingly  we  went  and  were  baptized.    I 


II.] 


WRITINGS   OF   JOSEPH    SMITH.  99 


baptized  him  first,  and  afterwards  he  baptized  me, 
\  — after  which  1  laid  my  hands  upon  his  head  and 
ordained  him  to  the  Aaronic  Priesthood,  and  after- 
Avards  lie  laid  his  hands  on  me  and  ordained  me 
to  the  same  priesthood — for  so  we  were  com- 
manded.6 


6,  Oliver  Cowdery  describes  these  events  thus:  "These  were  days 
never  to  be  forgotten — to  sit  under  the  sound  of  a  voice  dictated  by  the 
inspiration  of  heaven,  awakened  the  utmost  gratitude  of  this  bosom! 
Day  after  day  I  continued,  uninterrupted,  to  write  from  his  mouth,  as 
he  translated  with  the  Urim  and  Thummim,  or,  as  the  Nephites  would 
have  said,  'Interpreters,'  the  history  or  record  called  'The  Book  of 
Mormon.' 

"To  notice,  in  even   few  words,   the  interesting  account  givenby__ 
Mormon  and  his  faithful  son  Moroni,  of  a  people  once  beloved  "anoTfa-^ 
vored  of  heaven,  would  supersede  my  present  design;    I  shall  therefore 
defer  this  to  a  future  period,  and,  as  I  said  in  the  introduction,  pass  more 
directly  to  some  few  incidents  immediately  connected  with  the  rise  of 
this  Church,  which  may  be  entertaining  to  some  thousands  who  have 
stepped  forward  amid  the  frowns  of  bigots  and  the  calumny  of  hypo- 
crites, and  embraced  the  Gospel  of  Christ. 

"No  men,  in  their  sober  senses,  could  translate  and  write  the  direc- 
tions given  to  the  Nephites  from  the  mouth  of  the  Savior,  of  the  precise 
manner  in  which  men  should  build  up  His  Church,  and  especially  when 
corruption  had  spread  an  uncertainty  over  all  forms  and  systems  prac- 
ticed among  men,  without  desiring  a  privilege  of  showing  the  willingness 
of  the  heart  by  being  buried  in  the  liquid  grave,  to  answer  a  'good  con- 
science by  the  resurrection  of  Jesus  Christ. *~~ 

"After  writing  the  account  given  of  the  Savior's  ministry  to  the  rem- 
nant of  the  seed  of  Jacob,  upon  this  continent,  it  was  easy  to  be  seen, 
as  the  prophet  said  would  be,  that  darkness  covered  the  earth  and  gross 
darkness  the  minds  of  the  people.  On  reflecting  further  it  was  easy  to  be 
seen,  that  amid  the  great  strife  and  noise  concerning  religion,  none  had 
authority  from  God  to  administer  the  ordinances  of  the  Gospel.  For 
the  question  might  be  asked,  have  men  authority  to  administer  in  the 
name  of  Christ,  who  deny  revelations,  when  His  testimony  is  no  less  than  - 
the  spirit  of  prophecy,  and  His  religion  based,  built,  and  sustained  by 
immediate  revelations  in  all  ages  of  the  world  when  He  has  had  a  people 
I  on  earth?  If  these  facts  were  buried,  and  carefully  concealed  by  men 
V  whose  craft  would  have  been  in  danger  if  once  permitted  to  shine  in  the 
faces  of  men,  they  were  no  longer  to  us;  and  we  only  waited  for  the  com- 
mandment to  be  given  'Arise  anci  be  baptized.' 

"This  was  not  long  desired  before  it  was  realized.  The  Lord,  who 
is  rich  in  mercy,  and  ever  willing  to  answer  the  consistent  prayer  of  the 
humble,  after  we  had  called  upon  Him  in  a  fervent  manner,  aside  from 
the  abodes  of  men,  condescended  to  manifest  to  us  His  will.  On  a  sud- 
den, as  from  the  midst  of  eternity,  the  voice  of  the  Redeemer  spake 
peace  to  us,  while  the  veil  was  parted  and  the  angel  of  God  came  down 
clothed  with  glory,  and  delivered  the  anxiously  looked-for  message,  and 
the  keys  of  the  Gospel  of  repentance.  What  joy!  what  wonder!  what 
amazement!  While  the  world  was  racked  and  distracted — while  millions 
were  groping  as  the  blind  for  the  wall,  and  while  all  men  were  resting 
upon  uncertainty,  as  a  general  mass,  our  eyes  beheld,  our  ears  heard,  as 
in  the  'blaze  of  day;'  yes,  more — above  the  glitter  of  the  May  sunbeam, 
which  then  shed  its  brilliancy  over  the  face  of  nature!  Then  his  voice, 
though  mild,  pierced  to  the  center,  and  his  words,  'I  am  thy  fellow- 


100          PEARL  OF  GREAT  PRICE. 

72.  The  messenger  who  visited  us  on  this  occa- 
sion and  conferred  this  Priesthood  upon  us,  said  that 
his  name  was  John,  the  same  that  is  called  John 
the    Baptist   in   the   New   Testament,    and    that   he 
acted  under  the  direction  of  Peter,  James,  and  John, 
who  held  the  keys  of  the  Priesthood  of  Melchisedek, 
which   Priesthood,   he   said,   would  in   due   time  be 
conferred  on  us,  and  that  I  should  be  called  the  first 
Elder  of  the  Church,  and  he   (Oliver  Cowdery)   the 
second.     It  was  on  the  fifteenth  day  of  May,  1829, 
that  we  were  ordained  under  the  hand  of  this  mes- 
senger, and  baptized. 

73.  Immediately  on  our  coming  up  out  of  the 
water  after  we  had  been  baptized,  we  experienced 


servant,'  dispelled  every  fear.  We  listened,  we  gazed,  we  admired! 
'Twas  the  voice  of  an  angel  from  glory,  'twas  a  message  from  the  Most 
High!  And  as  we  heard  we  rejoiced,  while  His  love  enkindled  upon  our 
souls,  and  we  were  wrapped  in  the  vision  of  the  Almighty!  Where  was 
room  for  doubt?  Nowhere;  uncertainty  had  fled,  doubt  had  sunk  no 
more  to  rise,  while  fiction  and  deception  had  fled  forever! 

"But,  dear  brother,  think,  further  think  for  a  moment,  what  joy  filled 
our  hearts,  and  with  what  surprise  we  must  have  bowed,  (for  who  would 
not  have  bowed  the  knee  for  such  a  blessing?)  when  we  received  under 
his  hand  the  Holy  Priesthood  as  he  said,  '  Upon  you  my  fellow-servants, 
in  the  name  of  Messiah,  I  confer  this  Priesthood  and  this  authority,  which 
shall  remain  upon  earth,  that  the  sons  of  Levi  may  yet  offer  a,n  offering 
unto  the  Lord  in  righteousness!' 

"I  shall  not  attempt  to  paint  to  you  the  feelings  of  this  heart,  nor 
the  majestic  beauty  and  glory  which  surrounded  us  on  this  occasion; 
but  you  will  believe  me  when  I  say,  that  earth,  nor  men,  with  the 
>eloquence  of  time,  cannot  begin  to  clothe  language  in  as  interesting 
and  sublime  a  manner  as  this  holy  personage.  No;  nor  has  this 
earth  power  to  give  the  joy.  to  bestow  the  peace,  or  comprehend  the 
wisdom  which  was  contained  in  each  sentence  as  they  were  delivered  by 
the  power  of  the  Holy  Spirit!  Man  may  deceive  his  fellow-men, 
deception  may  follow  deception,  and  the  children  of  the  wicked  one 
may  have  power  to  seduce  the  foolish  and  untaught,  till  naught  but 
fiction  feeds  the  many,  and  the  fruit  of  falsehood  carries  in  its  current 
the  giddy  to  the  grave;  but  one  touch  with  the  finger  of  his  love, 
yes,  one  ray  of  glory  from  the  upper  world,  or  one  word  r  from  the 
mouth  of  the  Savior,  from  the  bosom  of  eternity,  strikes  it  all  into 
insignificance,  and  blots  it  forever  from  the  mind.  The  assurance 
that  we  were  in  the  presence  of  an  angel,  the  certainty  that  we  heard 
the  voice  of  Jesus,  and  the  truth  unsullied  as  it  flowed  from  a  pure 

Fersonage,  dictated  by  the  will  of  God,  is  to  me  past  description,  and 
shall  ever  look  upon  this  expression  of  the  Savior's  goodness  with 
wonder  and  thanksgiving  while  I  am  permitted  to  tarry;  and  in  those 
mansions  where  perfection  dwells  and  sin  never  comes,  I  hope  to 
adore  in  that  day  which  shall  never  cease." — Times  and  Seasons,  p. 
201. 


II.]  WRITINGS   OF   JOSEPH   SMITH.  101 

great  and  glorious  blessings  from  our  Heavenly 
Father.  No  sooner  had  I  baptized  Oliver  Cowdery, 
than  the  Holy  Ghost  fell  upon  him,  and  he  stood 
up  and  prophesied  many  things  which  should 
shortly  come  to  pass.  And  again,  so  soon  as  I  had 
been  baptized  by  him,  I  also  had  the  spirit  of 
prophecy,  when,  standing  up,  I  prophesied  concern- 
ing the  rise  of  this  Church,  and  many  other  things 
connected  with  the  Church,  and  this  generation  of 
the  children  of  men.  We  were  filled  with  the 
Holy  Ghost,  and  rejoiced  in  the  God  of  our  sal- 
vation. 

74.  Our  minds  being  now  enlightened,  we  began 
to  have  the  scriptures  laid  open  to  our  understandings, 
and  the  true  meaning  and  intention  of  their  more 
mysterious  passages  revealed  unto  us  in  a  manner 
which  we  never  could  attain  to  previously,  nor  ever 
before  had  thought  of.     In  the  meantime  we  were 
forced  to  keep   secret  the   circumstances   of  having 
received  the  Priesthood  and  our  having  been  bap- 
tized,  owing  to   a  spirit  of  persecution  which  had 
already  manifested  itself  in  the  neighborhood. 

75.  We  had  been  threatened  with  being  mobbed, 
from  time  to  time,  and  this,  too,  by  professors  of 
religion.     And  their  intentions  of  mobbing  us  were 
only   counteracted   by   the   influence    of    my   wife's 
father's  family  (under  Divine  providence),  who  had 
become  very  friendly  to  me,  and  who  were  opposed 
to  mobs,  and  were  willing  that  I  should  be  allowed 
to  continue  the  work  of  translation  without  inter- 
ruption;  and    therefore    offered    and    promised    us 
protection  from  all  unlawful  proceedings,  as  fa.r  as 
in  them  lay. 


102  PEARL    OE    GItEAT    PRICE. 

III. 

THE  ARTICLES  OF  FAITH  /     * 

Of  the  Church  of  Jesus  Christ  of  Latter-day  Saints, 


1.  We  believe  in  God,  the  Eternal  Father,  and 
in  His  Son,  Jesus  Christ,  and  in  the  Holy  Ghost. 

2.  We  believe  that  men  will  be  punished  for  their 
own  sins,  and  not  for  Adam's  transgression. 

3.  We   believe    that    through   the    atonement   of 
Christ,  all  mankind  may  be  saved,  by  obedience  to 
the  laws  and  ordinances  of  the  Gospel. 

4.  We  believe  that  the  first  principles  and  ordi- 
nances of  the  Gospel  are : — First,  Faith  in  the  Lord 
Jesus  Christ;  Second,  Kepentance;  Third,  Baptism 
by  immersion  for  the  remission  of  sins;  Fourth,  Lay- 
ing on  of  Hands  for  the  Gift  of  the  Holy  Ghost. 

5.  We  believe  that  a  man  must  be  called  of  God, 
by  prophecy,  and  by  the  laying  on  of  hands,  by  those 
who  are  in  authority,  to  preach  the  Gospel  and  admin- 
ister in  the  ordinances  thereof. 

6.  We    believe    in    the    same    organization    that 
existed    in    the    Primitive    Church,    viz:    apostles, 
prophets,   pastors,  teachers,  evangelists,  etc. 

7.  We  believe  in  the  gift  of  tongues,  prophecy, 
revelation,  visions,  healing,  interpretation  of  tongues, 
etc. 

8.  We  believe  the  Bible  to  be  the  word  of  God, 
as  far  as  it  is  translated  correctly;  we  also  believe 
the  Book  of  Mormon  to  be  the  word  of  God. 

9.  We  believe  all  that  God  has  revealed,  all  that 
He  does  now  reveal,  and  we  believe  that  He  will 


III.]  THE   ARTICLES   OP    FAITH,  103 

yet  reveal  many  great  and  important  things  pertain- 
ing to  the  Kingdom  of  God. 

10.  We  believe  in  the  literal  gathering  of  Israel 
and  in  the  restoration  of  the  Ten  Tribes;  that  Zion 
will  be  built  upon  this   |  the  American]    continent; 
that   Christ  will  reign  personally  upon   the   earth; 
and,  that  the  earth  will  be  renewed  and  receive  its 
paradisiacal  glory. 

11.  We   claim   the   privilege    of   worshiping   Al- 
mighty God  according  to  the  dictates  of  our  own 
conscience,  and  allow  all  men  the  same  privilege,  let 
them  worship  how,  where,  or  what  they  may. 

12.  We  believe  in  being  subject  to  kings,  presi- 
dents, rulers,  and  magistrates,  in  obeying,  honoring, 
and  sustaining  the  law. 

13.  We    believe    in    being    honest,    true,    chaste, 
benevolent,  virtuous,  and  in  doing  good  to  all  men; 
indeed,  we  may  say  that  we  follow  the  admonition 
of  Paul,  We  believe  all  things,  we  hope  all  things, 
we  have  endured  many  things,  and  hope  to  be  able 
to  endure  all  things.     If  there  is  anything  virtuous, 
lovely,  or  of  good  report  or  praiseworthy,  we  seek 
after  these  things, — JOSEPH  SMITH. 


